BLAIR, COMMISSIONER, v. OESTERLEIN MACHINE COMPANY (1927)

BLAIR, COMMISSIONER, v. OESTERLEIN MACHINE COMPANY
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 1927
	Decided: November 21, 1927
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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

BLAIR, COMMISSIONER, v. OESTERLEIN MACHINE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1927. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 275 U.S. 220
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.