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DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF WASHINGTON v. ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STEVEDORING COMPANIES et al. (1978)

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DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF WASHINGTON v. ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STEVEDORING COMPANIES et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1978
Decided: April 26, 1978
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF WASHINGTON v. ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON STEVEDORING COMPANIES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1978. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1978.

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 Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: State department or agency
  • Petitioner state: Washington
  • Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 435 U.S. 734
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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