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AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1908)

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AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1908 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 11, 1908 |
Decided: November 30, 1908 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1908. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1908.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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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: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 211 U.S. 155
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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