ASHLAND OIL, INC. v. CARYL, TAX COMMISSIONER OF WEST VIRGINIA (1990) - Ballotpedia

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ASHLAND OIL, INC. v. CARYL, TAX COMMISSIONER OF WEST VIRGINIA

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Decided: June 28, 1990
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

ASHLAND OIL, INC. v. CARYL, TAX COMMISSIONER OF WEST VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1990.

In a 9-0 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 West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: West Virginia
Citation: 497 U.S. 916
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

↑ 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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