EDYE AND ANOTHER v. ROBERTSON, COLLECTOR (1884)

EDYE AND ANOTHER v. ROBERTSON, COLLECTOR
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Argued: November 19, 1884
	Decided: December 8, 1884
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

EDYE AND ANOTHER v. ROBERTSON, COLLECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1884. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1884.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Customs Service or Commissioner of Customs
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 112 U.S. 580
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.