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UNITED STATES v. PETTY MOTOR CO. (1946)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. PETTY MOTOR CO.
Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1945
Decided: February 25, 1946
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge

UNITED STATES v. PETTY MOTOR CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1946. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1945.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 327 U.S. 372
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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