CONNALLY, COMMISSIONER, et al. v. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (1926)

CONNALLY, COMMISSIONER, et al. v. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: November 30, 1925
	Decided: January 4, 1926
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

CONNALLY, COMMISSIONER, et al. v. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1926. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1925.

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: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Oklahoma
Respondent type: Construction industry
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 269 U.S. 385
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: George Sutherland

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.