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ALWARD v. JOHNSON, TREASURER OF CALIFORNIA

Term: 1930
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1931
Decided: February 24, 1931
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

ALWARD v. JOHNSON, TREASURER OF CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1931. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1931.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: California
Citation: 282 U.S. 509
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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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