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UNITED STATES et al. v. GRIFFIN et al., RECEIVERS (1938)

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UNITED STATES et al. v. GRIFFIN et al., RECEIVERS
Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: November 19, 1937
Decided: February 28, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black

UNITED STATES et al. v. GRIFFIN et al., RECEIVERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1938. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1937.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 303 U.S. 226
  • 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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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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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