UNITED STATES AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE v. UNITED FOODS, INC. (2001) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE v. UNITED FOODS, INC.

Term: 2000
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 2001
Decided: June 25, 2001
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Concurring
John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor

UNITED STATES AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE v. UNITED FOODS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2001. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 2001.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Commercial speech, excluding attorneys
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Agriculture
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 533 U.S. 405
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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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