COLONIAL PIPELINE CO. v. TRAIGLE, COLLECTOR OF REVENUE OF LOUISIANA (1975) - Ballotpedia

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COLONIAL PIPELINE CO. v. TRAIGLE, COLLECTOR OF REVENUE OF LOUISIANA

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 1975
Decided: April 28, 1975
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
Potter Stewart

COLONIAL PIPELINE CO. v. TRAIGLE, COLLECTOR OF REVENUE OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1975. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1975.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Pipe line company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 421 U.S. 100
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: William Brennan

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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