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FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA (November 21, 1927)

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FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA
Term: 1927
Important Dates
Decided: November 21, 1927
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial 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 - Assessment of costs or damages: as part of a court order
  • Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Minnesota
  • Citation: 275 U.S. 70
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
  • 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: William Howard Taft

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.

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