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ARMCO INC. v. HARDESTY, TAX COMMISSIONER OF WEST VIRGINIA (1984)

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ARMCO INC. v. HARDESTY, TAX COMMISSIONER OF WEST VIRGINIA
Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1984
Decided: June 12, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

ARMCO INC. v. HARDESTY, TAX COMMISSIONER OF WEST VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1984. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1984.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: West Virginia
  • Citation: 467 U.S. 638
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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