SHELL OIL COMPANY v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (1988)

SHELL OIL COMPANY v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: October 4, 1988
	Decided: November 8, 1988
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

SHELL OIL COMPANY v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 8, 1988. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1988.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Iowa
Citation: 488 U.S. 19
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.