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MAMMOTH OIL COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: April 12, 1927
Decided: October 10, 1927
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft

MAMMOTH OIL COMPANY et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 10, 1927. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1927.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 275 U.S. 13
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: Pierce Butler

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.

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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