SWIFT & CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1942) - Ballotpedia

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SWIFT & CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1942
Decided: May 4, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Dissenting
William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone

SWIFT & CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1942.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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 - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 216
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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