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SCHWABACHER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. (1948)
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| SCHWABACHER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. |
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| Term: 1947 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 6, 1948 |
| Decided: May 3, 1948 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
| Dissenting |
| Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Frederick Vinson |
SCHWABACHER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1948. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1948.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 334 U.S. 182
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
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