FLANIGAN v. SIERRA COUNTY (1905)

FLANIGAN v. SIERRA COUNTY
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1905
	Decided: February 20, 1905
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

FLANIGAN v. SIERRA COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1905. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1905.

In a 9-0 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 California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 196 U.S. 553
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: Joseph McKenna

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.