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ALASKA v. ARCTIC MAID et al. (1961)

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ALASKA v. ARCTIC MAID et al.
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1961
Decided: May 1, 1961
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
John Harlan II

ALASKA v. ARCTIC MAID et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 1961. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1961.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alaska U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Alaska
  • Respondent type: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 366 U.S. 199
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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