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BALTIC MINING COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1913
Decided: November 3, 1913
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna
Dissenting
Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BALTIC MINING COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 3, 1913. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1913.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 231 U.S. 68
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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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