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UNITED STATES v. WRIGHTWOOD DAIRY CO.

Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1942
Decided: February 2, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES v. WRIGHTWOOD DAIRY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1942. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1942.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 315 U.S. 110
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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