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A. B. SMALL COMPANY v. LAMBORN & COMPANY (1925)

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A. B. SMALL COMPANY v. LAMBORN & COMPANY |
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Term: 1924 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 21, 1924 |
Decided: March 2, 1925 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
A. B. SMALL COMPANY v. LAMBORN & COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1924.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Southern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Seller or vendor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 267 U.S. 248
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter
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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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