MOORE v. MEAD'S FINE BREAD CO. (1954)

MOORE v. MEAD'S FINE BREAD CO.
Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1954
Decided: December 6, 1954
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren

MOORE v. MEAD'S FINE BREAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1954. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1954.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico U.S. District Court.

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About the case[edit]

• Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
• Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
• Petitioner state: Unknown
• Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
• Respondent state: Unknown
• Citation: 348 U.S. 115
• 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: 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.

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External links[edit]

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