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COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. et al. v. MONTANA et al. (1981)

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COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. et al. v. MONTANA et al.
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 1981
Decided: July 2, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. et al. v. MONTANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1981. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1981.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Coal company or coal mine operator
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Montana
  • Citation: 453 U.S. 609
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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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