UNITED STATES v. WOMEN'S SPORTSWEAR MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ET AL. (1949) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. WOMEN'S SPORTSWEAR MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ET AL.

Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1949
Decided: March 28, 1949
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

UNITED STATES v. WOMEN'S SPORTSWEAR MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1949. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1949.

In a 9-0 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: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 336 U.S. 460
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: Robert Jackson

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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