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CITY OF HAMMOND v. SCHAPPI BUS LINE, INC. (1927)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
CITY OF HAMMOND v. SCHAPPI BUS LINE, INC.
Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: October 25, 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

CITY OF HAMMOND v. SCHAPPI BUS LINE, INC. 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 25, 1927.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Indiana
  • Respondent type: Bus or motorized passenger transportation vehicle
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 275 U.S. 164
  • 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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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