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TEXAS CONSOLIDATED THEATRES, INC. v. PITTMAN (1938)

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TEXAS CONSOLIDATED THEATRES, INC. v. PITTMAN
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Decided: November 7, 1938
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

TEXAS CONSOLIDATED THEATRES, INC. v. PITTMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1938.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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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: Theater, studio
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 305 U.S. 3
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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