GIVEN & OTHERS RELATORS v. WRIGHT COLLECTOR (1886) - Ballotpedia

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GIVEN & OTHERS RELATORS v. WRIGHT COLLECTOR

Term: 1885
Important Dates
Argued: March 5, 1886
Decided: April 12, 1886
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

GIVEN & OTHERS RELATORS v. WRIGHT COLLECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1886. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1886.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial 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: New Jersey
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 117 U.S. 648
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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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