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GRAVES, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA, et al. v. TEXAS COMPANY (1936)

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GRAVES, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA, et al. v. TEXAS COMPANY
Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1936
Decided: May 18, 1936
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

GRAVES, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA, et al. v. TEXAS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1936. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1936.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 298 U.S. 393
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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