ALLEGHENY PITTSBURGH COAL CO. v. COUNTY COMMISSION OF WEBSTER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA (1989)

ALLEGHENY PITTSBURGH COAL CO. v. COUNTY COMMISSION OF WEBSTER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: December 7, 1988
	Decided: January 18, 1989
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

ALLEGHENY PITTSBURGH COAL CO. v. COUNTY COMMISSION OF WEBSTER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1989. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1988.

In a 9-0 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 West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Coal company or coal mine operator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: West Virginia
Citation: 488 U.S. 336
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.