COMMISSIONERS OF WICOMICO COUNTY v. BANCROFT (1906)

COMMISSIONERS OF WICOMICO COUNTY v. BANCROFT
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: October 9, 1906
	Decided: November 5, 1906
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

COMMISSIONERS OF WICOMICO COUNTY v. BANCROFT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1906. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1906.

In an 8-0 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 Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 203 U.S. 112
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.