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UTAH JUNK CO. v. PORTER, PRICE ADMINISTRATOR (1946)

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UTAH JUNK CO. v. PORTER, PRICE ADMINISTRATOR
Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1946
Decided: April 22, 1946
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

UTAH JUNK CO. v. PORTER, PRICE ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1946. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1946.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Emergency Court of Appeals.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Office of Price Administration, or Price Administrator
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 328 U.S. 39
  • 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: 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 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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