DIAMOND NATIONAL CORP. et al. v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION (1976)

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DIAMOND NATIONAL CORP. et al. v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Decided: April 19, 1976
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

DIAMOND NATIONAL CORP. et al. v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1976.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 425 U.S. 268
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

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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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