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UNITED STATES v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD et al.

Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1965
Decided: March 8, 1965
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1965. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 380 U.S. 157
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 Douglas

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.

See also

External links

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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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