UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ET AL. (1949) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ET AL.

Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1949
Decided: June 20, 1949
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1949. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1949.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Interstate Commerce Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 337 U.S. 426
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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