BERNARDS TOWNSHIP v. MORRISON (1890) - Ballotpedia

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BERNARDS TOWNSHIP v. MORRISON

Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: January 30, 1890
Decided: March 3, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP v. MORRISON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1890. The case was argued before the court on January 30, 1890.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New Jersey.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: New Jersey
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 133 U.S. 523
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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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