SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CHENERY CORPORATION et al. (1943)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CHENERY CORPORATION et al.
	Term: 1942
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1942
	Decided: February 1, 1943
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	4-3
Majority
	Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CHENERY CORPORATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 1, 1943. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1942.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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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: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 318 U.S. 80
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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 conservative.