AMERICAN NET AND TWINE COMPANY v. WORTHINGTON (1891)

AMERICAN NET AND TWINE COMPANY v. WORTHINGTON
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: October 27, 1891
	Decided: November 9, 1891
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

AMERICAN NET AND TWINE COMPANY v. WORTHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 9, 1891. The case was argued before the court on October 27, 1891.

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 Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 141 U.S. 468
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.