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Legal Citation: 273 U.S. 418 (1927)

Appellant
Tyson & Brother Co.

Appellees
Joab H. Banton, Vincent B. Murphy

Appellant's Claim
That a U.S. district court erred in upholding the constitutionality of New York's ticket resale law.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Louis Marshall

Chief Lawyers for Appellees
Felix Benvenga, Robert P. Beyer

Justices for the Court
Pierce Butler, James Clark McReynolds, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), William Howard Taft, Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
Louis D. Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edward Terry Sanford

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 February 1927

Decision
The district court opinion was reversed, thus invalidating the New York law.

Significance
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