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CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA (1930)

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CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA
Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1929
Decided: January 6, 1930
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1930. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1929.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 280 U.S. 363
  • 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 liberal.

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