GEORGIA RAILROAD & BANKING CO. v. REDWINE, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER (1952)

GEORGIA RAILROAD & BANKING CO. v. REDWINE, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER
	Term: 1951
Important Dates
	Argued: February 13, 1950
	Decided: January 28, 1952
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
	William Douglas

GEORGIA RAILROAD & BANKING CO. v. REDWINE, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1952. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1950.

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 Georgia Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Georgia
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 342 U.S. 299
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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.