EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. SOUTHERN PHOTO MATERIALS COMPANY (1927)

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. SOUTHERN PHOTO MATERIALS COMPANY
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: November 19, 1925
	Decided: February 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

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. SOUTHERN PHOTO MATERIALS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1927. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1925.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 273 U.S. 359
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Edward Terry Sanford

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.