CITY OF RICHMOND v. BIRD et al. (1919)

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CITY OF RICHMOND v. BIRD et al.
Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: January 28, 1919
Decided: March 3, 1919
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day

CITY OF RICHMOND v. BIRD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1919. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1919.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: Virginia
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 249 U.S. 174
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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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