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UNITED STATES v. ACME PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO. (1966)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. ACME PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO.
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1966
Decided: December 5, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. ACME PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1966.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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 - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Government contractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 385 U.S. 138
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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