GALLARDO v. SANTINI FERTILIZER COMPANY (1927)

GALLARDO v. SANTINI FERTILIZER COMPANY
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: October 5, 1927
	Decided: October 24, 1927
Outcome
	Reversed
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

GALLARDO v. SANTINI FERTILIZER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 24, 1927. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1927.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Puerto Rico
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: Puerto Rico
Citation: 275 U.S. 62
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.