APPLEBY et al. v. DELANEY, COMMISSIONER (1926)

APPLEBY et al. v. DELANEY, COMMISSIONER
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: October 7, 1925
	Decided: June 1, 1926
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

APPLEBY et al. v. DELANEY, COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1926. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1925.

In a 9-0 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 New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 271 U.S. 403
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: William Howard Taft

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 conservative.