VIGLIOTTI v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (1922)

VIGLIOTTI v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
	Term: 1921
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1922
	Decided: April 10, 1922
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	William Rufus Day • James Clark McReynolds

VIGLIOTTI v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1922. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1922.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania 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: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 258 U.S. 403
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.