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SIMPSON v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA (1969)

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SIMPSON v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: October 27, 1969
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-1
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
Potter Stewart

SIMPSON v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 27, 1969.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 13
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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