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SMOOT SAND & GRAVEL CORPORATION v. WASHINGTON AIRPORT, INC.

Term: 1930
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1931
Decided: May 4, 1931
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

SMOOT SAND & GRAVEL CORPORATION v. WASHINGTON AIRPORT, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1931. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1931.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Non-real property dispute between states
Petitioner: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 283 U.S. 348
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 unspecifiable.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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