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STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES (1949)

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STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1948 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 30, 1949 |
Decided: June 13, 1949 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge |
Concurring |
William Douglas |
Dissenting |
Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson |
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1949. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1949.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California California Southern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
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: 337 U.S. 293
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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External links
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