F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO (1982) - Ballotpedia

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F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1982
Decided: June 29, 1982
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1982. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1982.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: New Mexico
Citation: 458 U.S. 354
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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

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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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