CARSON PETROLEUM COMPANY v. VIAL, SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR, et al. (1929) - Ballotpedia

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CARSON PETROLEUM COMPANY v. VIAL, SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR, et al.

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1929
Decided: April 8, 1929
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford

CARSON PETROLEUM COMPANY v. VIAL, SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1929. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1929.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 279 U.S. 95
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 conservative.

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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