UNITED STATES v. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO. et al. (1964)

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UNITED STATES v. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO. et al.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: April 30, 1964
Decided: June 22, 1964
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1964. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1964.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Delaware U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Chemical company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 378 U.S. 158
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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