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CLARKE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. HABERLE CRYSTAL SPRINGS BREWING COMPANY (1930)

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CLARKE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. HABERLE CRYSTAL SPRINGS BREWING COMPANY |
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Term: 1929 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 9, 1930 |
Decided: January 27, 1930 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter |
Concurring |
James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone |
CLARKE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. HABERLE CRYSTAL SPRINGS BREWING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1930. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1930.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 280 U.S. 384
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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