STANDARD-VACUUM OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES (1950)

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1949
Important Dates
	Argued: October 13, 1949
	Decided: March 27, 1950
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

STANDARD-VACUUM OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1950. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1949.

In an 8-0 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 Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 339 U.S. 157
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: Sherman Minton

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.