CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA v. PENNSYLVANIA (1962) - Ballotpedia

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CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA v. PENNSYLVANIA

Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1962
Decided: June 25, 1962
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • John Harlan II
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren

CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA v. PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1962. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1962.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 370 U.S. 607
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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