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WHITE MOTOR CO. v. UNITED STATES (1963)

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WHITE MOTOR CO. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1963
Decided: March 4, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • Earl Warren

WHITE MOTOR CO. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1963. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1963.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern 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: Auto manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 372 U.S. 253
  • 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: William Douglas

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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