SIMPSON v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA (1964)

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SIMPSON v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1964
Decided: April 20, 1964
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart

SIMPSON v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1964. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1964.

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 California Northern 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: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 377 U.S. 13
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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.

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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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