NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WISCONSIN (1927)

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WISCONSIN
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: October 27, 1927
	Decided: November 21, 1927
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

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WISCONSIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1927. The case was argued before the court on October 27, 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 Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 275 U.S. 136
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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.