FOSTER-FOUNTAIN PACKING COMPANY et al. v. HAYDEL (1928)

FOSTER-FOUNTAIN PACKING COMPANY et al. v. HAYDEL
	Term: 1928
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1928
	Decided: October 15, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

FOSTER-FOUNTAIN PACKING COMPANY et al. v. HAYDEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 15, 1928. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1928.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District 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: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 278 U.S. 1
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 conservative.