EDWARDS, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY (1925)

EDWARDS, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1924
Important Dates
	Argued: April 15, 1925
	Decided: June 8, 1925
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

EDWARDS, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1925. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1925.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 268 U.S. 628
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.