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UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE CANNERIES (1929)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE CANNERIES
Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1929
Decided: May 20, 1929
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE CANNERIES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1929. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1929.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 279 U.S. 553
  • 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.

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