UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. et al. (1978)

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UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1978
Decided: June 29, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1978. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1978.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western 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: 438 U.S. 422
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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