WEST, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (1929) - Ballotpedia

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WEST, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1928
Decided: January 2, 1929
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

WEST, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. STANDARD OIL 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 October 24, 1928.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 278 U.S. 200
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: 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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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