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SKELLY OIL CO. ET AL. v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. (1950)
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| SKELLY OIL CO. ET AL. v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. |
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| Term: 1949 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 9, 1949 |
| Decided: June 5, 1950 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Frederick Vinson |
SKELLY OIL CO. ET AL. v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1950. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1949.
In a 5-3 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 Oklahoma Oklahoma Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
- Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 339 U.S. 667
- 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: 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.
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