UNITED STATES et al. v. DRUM et al. (1962)

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UNITED STATES et al. v. DRUM et al.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1961
Decided: January 15, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

UNITED STATES et al. v. DRUM et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1962. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1961.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: 368 U.S. 370
  • 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: William Brennan

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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