SHAFFER v. HOWARD, AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, et al. (1919)

SHAFFER v. HOWARD, AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, et al.
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: December 13, 1918
	Decided: March 10, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SHAFFER v. HOWARD, AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1919. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1918.

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 Oklahoma Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: adequate non-federal grounds for decision
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: 249 U.S. 200
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.