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UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN BUILDING MAINTENANCE INDUSTRIES

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1975
Decided: June 24, 1975
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN BUILDING MAINTENANCE INDUSTRIES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1975. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1975.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 422 U.S. 271
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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