UNITED STATES v. GETTINGER AND POMERANTZ, COPARTNER (1927)

UNITED STATES v. GETTINGER AND POMERANTZ, COPARTNER
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: November 30, 1926
	Decided: January 3, 1927
Outcome
	Reversed
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

UNITED STATES v. GETTINGER AND POMERANTZ, COPARTNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1927. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1926.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Seller or vendor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 272 U.S. 734
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: 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.