DINSMORE v. SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMMISSION (1901)

DINSMORE v. SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMMISSION
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: February 25, 1901
	Decided: November 18, 1901
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Judgment of the court
	John Marshall Harlan
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

DINSMORE v. SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1901. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 183 U.S. 115
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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.