ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. PHILLIPS, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER (1947) - Ballotpedia

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ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. PHILLIPS, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: April 9, 1947
Decided: June 23, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. PHILLIPS, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1947. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1947.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Georgia
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 332 U.S. 168
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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