WILSHIRE OIL CO., INC. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1935) - Ballotpedia

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WILSHIRE OIL CO., INC. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1934
Important Dates
Argued: April 9, 1935
Decided: April 29, 1935
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

WILSHIRE OIL CO., INC. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1935. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1935.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: oil producer
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 295 U.S. 100
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Decrees
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

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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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