UNITED STATES v. UNIVERSAL C. I. T. CREDIT CORPORATION ET AL. (1952)

UNITED STATES v. UNIVERSAL C. I. T. CREDIT CORPORATION ET AL.
	Term: 1952
Important Dates
	Argued: November 18, 1952
	Decided: December 22, 1952
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. UNIVERSAL C. I. T. CREDIT CORPORATION ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1952.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 344 U.S. 218
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: Felix Frankfurter

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.