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STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) et al. v. UNITED STATES (1931)
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| STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1930 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 13, 1931 |
| Decided: April 13, 1931 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter |
STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 13, 1931. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1931.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 283 U.S. 163
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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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