SCHWEGMANN BROTHERS et al. v. CALVERT DISTILLERS CORP. (1951) - Ballotpedia

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SCHWEGMANN BROTHERS et al. v. CALVERT DISTILLERS CORP.

Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: April 9, 1951
Decided: May 21, 1951
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter

SCHWEGMANN BROTHERS et al. v. CALVERT DISTILLERS CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1951. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1951.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Establishment serving liquor by the glass, or package liquor store
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 341 U.S. 384
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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