DE BARY & COMPANY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (1913)

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DE BARY & COMPANY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA |
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Term: 1912 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 27, 1913 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
DE BARY & COMPANY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1913.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Louisiana
- Citation: 227 U.S. 108
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White
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
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