FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA (April 11, 1927) - Ballotpedia

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FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA

Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1927
Decided: April 11, 1927
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone

FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1927. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1927.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 274 U.S. 1
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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