ARKANSAS WRITERS' PROJECT, INC. v. RAGLAND, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE OF ARKANSAS (1987)

ARKANSAS WRITERS' PROJECT, INC. v. RAGLAND, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE OF ARKANSAS
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1987
	Decided: April 22, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Concurring
	John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

ARKANSAS WRITERS' PROJECT, INC. v. RAGLAND, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE OF ARKANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1987.

In a 7-2 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 Arkansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Arkansas
Citation: 481 U.S. 221
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.