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UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES (1922)
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| UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1921 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 7, 1921 |
| Decided: April 17, 1922 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-1 |
| Majority |
| John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
| Dissenting |
| Joseph McKenna |
UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1922. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1921.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern 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: Manufacturer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 258 U.S. 451
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day
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.
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