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UNITED STATES v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC., et al. (1972)

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UNITED STATES v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC., et al.
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1972
Decided: January 24, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
3-3
Equally divided vote
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

UNITED STATES v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1972. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1972.

In a 3-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern 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: Drug manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 404 U.S. 548
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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