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CITY OF CHICAGO v. WILLETT COMPANY

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1952
Decided: February 9, 1953
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton
Concurring
Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
William Douglas

CITY OF CHICAGO v. WILLETT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 9, 1953. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1952.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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: Illinois
Respondent type: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 344 U.S. 574
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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