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DAVIS v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1989
Decided: March 28, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

DAVIS v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1989. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1989.

In an 8-1 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 Michigan State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: state tax (cf. state tax)
Petitioner: Retired or former governmental employee
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Michigan
Citation: 489 U.S. 803
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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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