JONES et al., TRUSTEES, v. PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS COMPANY (1927)

JONES et al., TRUSTEES, v. PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS COMPANY
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: January 11, 1927
	Decided: January 24, 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

JONES et al., TRUSTEES, v. PRAIRIE OIL AND GAS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1927. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Northern U.S. District 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: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 273 U.S. 195
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.