CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD (1983)

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CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1983
Decided: June 27, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell

CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1983. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1983.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 463 U.S. 159
  • 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.

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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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