ROBERTS & SCHAEFER COMPANY v. EMMERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF ILLINOIS (1926)

ROBERTS & SCHAEFER COMPANY v. EMMERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF ILLINOIS
	Term: 1925
Important Dates
	Argued: March 12, 1926
	Decided: April 12, 1926
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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

ROBERTS & SCHAEFER COMPANY v. EMMERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1926. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1926.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 271 U.S. 50
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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.