FARRINGTON, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII, et al. v. TOKUSHIGE et al. (1927)

FARRINGTON, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII, et al. v. TOKUSHIGE et al.
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 1927
	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

FARRINGTON, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII, et al. v. TOKUSHIGE et al. 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 January 21, 1927.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Hawaii
Respondent type: Private school, college, or university
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 273 U.S. 284
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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 liberal.