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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CENTRAL-ILLINOIS SECURITIES CORP. ET AL. (1949)

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CENTRAL-ILLINOIS SECURITIES CORP. ET AL.
Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1949
Decided: June 27, 1949
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CENTRAL-ILLINOIS SECURITIES CORP. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1949. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1949.

In a 7-0 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 Delaware Delaware U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
  • Petitioner: Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Public utility
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 338 U.S. 96
  • 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: Wiley Rutledge

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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