LONG, COMMISSIONER, v. ROCKWOOD (1928) - Ballotpedia

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LONG, COMMISSIONER, v. ROCKWOOD

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1928
Decided: May 14, 1928
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland

LONG, COMMISSIONER, v. ROCKWOOD 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 January 20, 1928.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 277 U.S. 142
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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