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UNITED STATES v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. et al. (1974)

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UNITED STATES v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. et al.
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1973
Decided: March 19, 1974
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1974. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1973.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 415 U.S. 486
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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