UNITED STATES ET AL. v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. (1952) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES ET AL. v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO.

Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1952
Decided: June 2, 1952
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Robert Jackson

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1952. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1952.

In a 9-0 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 Minnesota Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 343 U.S. 562
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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

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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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