GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1965) - Ballotpedia

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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1965
Decided: April 27, 1965
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1965.

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 District of Columbia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Auto manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: District of Columbia
Citation: 380 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: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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