WILLIAMS ET AL. v. FANNING, POSTMASTER OF LOS ANGELES (1947)

WILLIAMS ET AL. v. FANNING, POSTMASTER OF LOS ANGELES
	Term: 1947
Important Dates
	Argued: October 22, 1947
	Decided: December 8, 1947
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Frederick Vinson

WILLIAMS ET AL. v. FANNING, POSTMASTER OF LOS ANGELES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1947. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1947.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Health organization or person, nursing home, medical clinic or laboratory, chiropractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 332 U.S. 490
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
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 liberal.