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UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. ET AL.

Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1950
Decided: November 27, 1950
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-1
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1950. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1950.

In a 6-1 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. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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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: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 340 U.S. 76
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
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 conservative.

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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