UNITED STATES v. L. COHEN GROCERY COMPANY (1921)

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UNITED STATES v. L. COHEN GROCERY COMPANY
Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1920
Decided: February 28, 1921
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Hessin Clarke • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Mahlon Pitney

UNITED STATES v. L. COHEN GROCERY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1921. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1920.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 255 U.S. 81
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass 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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