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UNITED STATES v. WISE (1962)

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UNITED STATES v. WISE
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1962
Decided: June 25, 1962
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

UNITED STATES v. WISE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1962. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1962.

In an 8-0 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 Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 370 U.S. 405
  • 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: Earl Warren

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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