AERO MAYFLOWER TRANSIT CO. v. BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OF MONTANA ET AL. (1947) - Ballotpedia

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AERO MAYFLOWER TRANSIT CO. v. BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OF MONTANA ET AL.

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1947
Decided: December 8, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

AERO MAYFLOWER TRANSIT CO. v. BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OF MONTANA ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1947. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1947.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Montana
Citation: 332 U.S. 495
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge

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.

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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