KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA et al. (1928)

KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: March 12, 1928
	Decided: May 14, 1928
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1928. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1928.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 277 U.S. 100
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.