F.S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA (1920) - Ballotpedia

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F.S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Term: 1919
Important Dates
Argued: March 19, 1920
Decided: June 7, 1920
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

F.S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1920. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1920.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 253 U.S. 412
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Mahlon Pitney

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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