KINNEY-COASTAL OIL COMPANY et al. v. KIEFFER et al. (1928)

KINNEY-COASTAL OIL COMPANY et al. v. KIEFFER et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: October 25, 1927
	Decided: June 4, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

KINNEY-COASTAL OIL COMPANY et al. v. KIEFFER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1928. The case was argued before the court on October 25, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wyoming U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 277 U.S. 488
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: 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 unspecifiable.