EVANSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN PACKET COMPANY v. CHERO COLA BOTTLING COMPANY et al. (1926)

EVANSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN PACKET COMPANY v. CHERO COLA BOTTLING COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1926
	Decided: April 12, 1926
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

EVANSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN PACKET COMPANY v. CHERO COLA BOTTLING COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1926. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1926.

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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 271 U.S. 19
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: 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 liberal.