HALLANAN, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, et al. v. EUREKA PIPE LINE COMPANY (1923)

HALLANAN, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, et al. v. EUREKA PIPE LINE COMPANY
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Decided: April 9, 1923
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

HALLANAN, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, et al. v. EUREKA PIPE LINE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: West Virginia
Respondent type: Pipe line company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 261 U.S. 393
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: 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.