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AMBROSINI v. UNITED STATES (1902)

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AMBROSINI v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1902
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1901
Decided: October 20, 1902
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

AMBROSINI v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 20, 1902. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1901.

In a 7-0 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 Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 187 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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