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MCCOY v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR, et al. (1928)

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MCCOY v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR, et al.
Term: 1927
Important Dates
Decided: May 21, 1928
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

MCCOY v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial 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.

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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: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Petitioner state: Oklahoma
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 277 U.S. 302
  • 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: Edward Terry Sanford

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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