UNITED STATES et al. v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC. et al. (1940)

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UNITED STATES et al. v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC. et al.
Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1940
Decided: May 27, 1940
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES et al. v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1940. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1940.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the 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: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 310 U.S. 534
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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