UNITED STATES v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GENERATING CO. (1961)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GENERATING CO.
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1960
Decided: January 9, 1961
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

UNITED STATES v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GENERATING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1961. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Government contractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 364 U.S. 520
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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.

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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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