UNITED STATES v. SULLIVAN, TRADING AS SULLIVAN'S PHARMACY (1948) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. SULLIVAN, TRADING AS SULLIVAN'S PHARMACY

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1947
Decided: January 19, 1948
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed

UNITED STATES v. SULLIVAN, TRADING AS SULLIVAN'S PHARMACY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1948. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1947.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Druggist, pharmacist, pharmacy
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 332 U.S. 689
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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