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UNITED STATES v. WARD BAKING CO. et al.

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1964
Decided: March 9, 1964
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. WARD BAKING CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1964. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Middle 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: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 376 U.S. 327
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Arthur Goldberg

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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