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UNITED STATES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP (1945)

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UNITED STATES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1944
Decided: January 8, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1945. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1944.

In a 6-0 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 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 323 U.S. 373
  • 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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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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