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UNITED STATES v. GERLACH LIVE STOCK CO. (1950)

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UNITED STATES v. GERLACH LIVE STOCK CO. |
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Term: 1949 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 1, 1949 |
Decided: June 5, 1950 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Concurring |
Hugo Black • William Douglas |
UNITED STATES v. GERLACH LIVE STOCK CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1950. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1949.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 339 U.S. 725
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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