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STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WYOMING v. UTAH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (1929)

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STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WYOMING v. UTAH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1928
Decided: January 2, 1929
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WYOMING v. UTAH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1929. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Wyoming
  • Respondent type: Construction industry
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 278 U.S. 194
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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 conservative.

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