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BLODGETT v. SILBERMAN et al.

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1928
Decided: April 16, 1928
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

BLODGETT v. SILBERMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1928. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Connecticut
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 277 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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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