WASHINGTON ex rel. STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY v. KUYKENDALL et al. (1927) - Ballotpedia

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WASHINGTON ex rel. STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY v. KUYKENDALL et al.

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1927
Decided: November 21, 1927
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

WASHINGTON ex rel. STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY v. KUYKENDALL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1927. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1927.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 275 U.S. 207
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: Pierce Butler

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.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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