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MYERS v. HURLEY MOTOR COMPANY (1927)

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MYERS v. HURLEY MOTOR COMPANY
Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1926
Decided: January 3, 1927
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
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

MYERS v. HURLEY MOTOR COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1927. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1926.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the District of Columbia 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: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Car dealer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 273 U.S. 18
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: George Sutherland

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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