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UNITED STATES v. FALSTAFF BREWING CORP. et al. (1973)

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UNITED STATES v. FALSTAFF BREWING CORP. et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1972
Decided: February 28, 1973
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. FALSTAFF BREWING CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1973. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1972.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Brewery, distillery
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 526
  • 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: Byron White

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.

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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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