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UNITED STATES v. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORP.

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1971
Decided: June 1, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1971. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1971.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of transportation regulation:truck, or motor carrier
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Chemical company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 402 U.S. 558
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: William Douglas

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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