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UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC REFINING CO. et al. (1959)

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UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC REFINING CO. et al.
Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1959
Decided: June 8, 1959
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. ATLANTIC REFINING CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1959. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1959.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Pipe line company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 360 U.S. 19
  • 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: 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 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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