ROSCHEN v. WARD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, et al. (1929)

ROSCHEN v. WARD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, et al.
	Term: 1928
Important Dates
	Argued: April 10, 1929
	Decided: April 22, 1929
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

ROSCHEN v. WARD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1929. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1929.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 279 U.S. 337
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.