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DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF INDIANA et al. v. WOOD PRESERVING CORPORATION (1941)

| DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF INDIANA et al. v. WOOD PRESERVING CORPORATION |
|---|
| Term: 1940 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 1, 1941 |
| Decided: April 28, 1941 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF INDIANA et al. v. WOOD PRESERVING CORPORATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1941. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1941.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: State department or agency
- Petitioner state: Indiana
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 313 U.S. 62
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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