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UNITED STATES v. R. F. BALL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., et al. (1958)
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| UNITED STATES v. R. F. BALL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., et al. |
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| Term: 1957 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 27, 1958 |
| Decided: March 3, 1958 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren |
| Dissenting |
| Harold Burton • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker |
UNITED STATES v. R. F. BALL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1958.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Construction industry
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 355 U.S. 587
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- 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 liberal.
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