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UNITED STATES v. OREGON STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY ET AL. (1952)

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UNITED STATES v. OREGON STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY ET AL.
Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: January 4, 1952
Decided: April 28, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harold BurtonWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonSherman MintonStanley ReedFrederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black

UNITED STATES v. OREGON STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1952. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1952.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon Oregon U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 343 U.S. 326
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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