VANCE v. W.A. VANDERCOOK COMPANY, 170 U.S. 438 (May 9, 1898)

VANCE v. W.A. VANDERCOOK COMPANY
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: March 9, 1898
	Decided: May 9, 1898
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Melville Weston Fuller • Joseph McKenna • George Shiras

VANCE v. W.A. VANDERCOOK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 9, 1898. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1898.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.

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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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: South Carolina
Respondent type: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 170 U.S. 438
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
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 liberal.