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UNITED STATES v. GLAXO GROUP LTD. et al. (1973)

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UNITED STATES v. GLAXO GROUP LTD. et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1972
Decided: January 22, 1973
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. GLAXO GROUP LTD. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1973. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1972.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia 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 - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 52
  • 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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