UNITED STATES et al. v. CONTRACT STEEL CARRIERS, INC. (1956) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES et al. v. CONTRACT STEEL CARRIERS, INC.

Term: 1955
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 1956
Decided: March 12, 1956
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

UNITED STATES et al. v. CONTRACT STEEL CARRIERS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1956. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1956.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Northern 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: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 350 U.S. 409
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 conservative.

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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