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CENTRAL MACHINERY CO. v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION (1980)

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CENTRAL MACHINERY CO. v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1980
Decided: June 27, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

CENTRAL MACHINERY CO. v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1980. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1980.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 448 U.S. 160
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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