FORSYTH v. HAMMOND (1897)

FORSYTH v. HAMMOND
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1897
	Decided: April 19, 1897
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

FORSYTH v. HAMMOND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1897.

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 Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 166 U.S. 506
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.