CHAMPLin reFINING CO. v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA et al. (1932)

CHAMPLin reFINING CO. v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA et al.
	Term: 1931
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1932
	Decided: May 16, 1932
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

CHAMPLin reFINING CO. v. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1932. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1932.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: oil producer
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Oklahoma
Citation: 286 U.S. 210
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.