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FORD MOTOR CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF INDIANA et al.

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1944
Decided: January 8, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

FORD MOTOR CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF INDIANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1945. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1944.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Indiana
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 323 U.S. 459
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.

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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