Taft Court

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The Taft Court refers to the period of the United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft (1921–1930), noted for its conservative jurisprudence and significant decisions on federal power and economic regulation.

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Taft Court canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court ⓘ
historical court era ⓘ
apexCourtOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
appointedByPresident Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
Herbert Hoover ⓘ
Warren G. Harding ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
chiefJustice William Howard Taft ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1930 ⓘ
era Lochner era ⓘ
linked to: Lochner v. New York
followedBy Hughes Court ⓘ
judicialPhilosophy conservative ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
knownFor decisions limiting federal economic regulation ⓘ
narrow interpretation of federal commerce power in some cases ⓘ
protection of property rights and contractual freedom ⓘ
strengthening judicial review over administrative agencies ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
member Edward T. Sanford ⓘ
George Sutherland ⓘ
Harlan F. Stone ⓘ
James C. McReynolds ⓘ
John H. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louis D. Brandeis ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ
Pierce Butler ⓘ
William Howard Taft ⓘ
William R. Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
namedAfter William Howard Taft ⓘ
numberOfJustices 9 ⓘ
oversaw interpretation of federal statutes ⓘ
interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
precededBy White Court ⓘ
seat Supreme Court of the United States Building (pre-1935 sessions held in U.S. Capitol) ⓘ
significantCase Adkins v. Children’s Hospital ⓘ
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. ⓘ
Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen ⓘ
Buck v. Bell ⓘ
Carroll v. United States ⓘ
Coronado Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers ⓘ
Frothingham v. Mellon ⓘ
Gitlow v. New York ⓘ
Massachusetts v. Mellon ⓘ
McGrain v. Daugherty ⓘ
Myers v. United States ⓘ
Olmstead v. United States ⓘ
United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co. ⓘ
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. ⓘ
startTime 1921 ⓘ
timePeriod 1920s ⓘ

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White Court → followedBy → Taft Court ⓘ
William R. Day → partOf → Taft Court ⓘ
subject linked to: Justice William R. Day
Mahlon Pitney → partOf → Taft Court ⓘ
Hughes Court → precededBy → Taft Court ⓘ
Joseph R. Lamar → partOf → Taft Court ⓘ