UNITED STATES v. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO. et al. (1967)

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UNITED STATES v. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO. et al.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1967
Decided: December 11, 1967
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • 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 December 11, 1967. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1967.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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: 389 U.S. 308
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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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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