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UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL CITY LINES, INC. ET AL. (1949)
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| UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL CITY LINES, INC. ET AL. |
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| Term: 1948 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 8, 1949 |
| Decided: May 31, 1949 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
| Concurring |
| Wiley Rutledge |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas |
UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL CITY LINES, INC. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1949. The case was argued before the court on February 8, 1949.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California California Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bus or motorized passenger transportation vehicle
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 337 U.S. 78
- 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: Frederick Vinson
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 conservative.
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