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UNITED STATES v. YELLOW CAB CO. ET AL. (1949)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. YELLOW CAB CO. ET AL.
Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1949
Decided: December 5, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Stanley Reed

UNITED STATES v. YELLOW CAB CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1949. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1949.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson 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: Bus or motorized passenger transportation vehicle
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 338 U.S. 338
  • 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 conservative.

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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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