UNITED STATES ET AL. v. CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY ET AL. (1949) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES ET AL. v. CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY ET AL.

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: October 20, 1949
Decided: November 14, 1949
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton
Dissenting
Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1949. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1949.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bus or motorized passenger transportation vehicle
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 286
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
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 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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