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UNITED STATES v. DOTTERWEICH

Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1943
Decided: November 22, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge

UNITED STATES v. DOTTERWEICH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1943. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1943.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 320 U.S. 277
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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

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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