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UNITED STATES v. TEXAS (1950)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. TEXAS
Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1950
Decided: June 5, 1950
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
4-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed

UNITED STATES v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1950. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1950.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal-state ownership dispute (cf. Submerged Lands Act)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 339 U.S. 707
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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