UNITED STATES v. READING COMPANY (1912) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. READING COMPANY

Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1911
Decided: December 16, 1912
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. READING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1912. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1911.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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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: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 226 U.S. 324
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Harmon Lurton

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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