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UNITED STATES v. MUNSEY TRUST CO., RECEIVER

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: May 6, 1947
Decided: June 23, 1947
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Harold Burton

UNITED STATES v. MUNSEY TRUST CO., RECEIVER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1947. The case was argued before the court on May 6, 1947.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 332 U.S. 234
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 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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