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UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. v. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO. et al.

Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1956
Decided: February 25, 1957
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. v. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1957. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1956.

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 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: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 352 U.S. 457
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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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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