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UNITED STATES v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING CO. (1950)

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UNITED STATES v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING CO. |
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Term: 1949 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 13, 1949 |
Decided: April 17, 1950 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-1 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Robert Jackson |
UNITED STATES v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1950. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1949.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts Massachusetts U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 339 U.S. 261
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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