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KORDEL v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1948
Decided: November 22, 1948
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy

KORDEL v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1948. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1948.

In a 5-4 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - federal or state consumer protection: typically under the Truth in Lending; Food, Drug and Cosmetic; and Consumer Protection Credit Acts
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 335 U.S. 345
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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