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Legal Citation: 343 U.S. 937 (1952)

Petitioner
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

Respondent
Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce

Petitioner's Claim
That in seizing control of steel production during the Korean War in order to prevent a labor strike, the executive branch exceeded its constitutional authority.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John W. Davis

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Robert H. Jackson, Sherman Minton, Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson

Justices Dissenting
Harold Burton, Felix Frankfurter

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 June 1952

Decision
The Supreme Court ruled against the executive branch steel...