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COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY v. WYNNE

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 2014
Decided: May 18, 2015
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY v. WYNNE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 2015. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 2014.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 575 U.S. 542
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

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.

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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