GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. WEEKS, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, et al. (1936) - Ballotpedia

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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. WEEKS, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, et al.

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: January 6, 1936
Decided: February 3, 1936
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Harlan Fiske Stone

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. WEEKS, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1936. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1936.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Dakota 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: North Dakota
Citation: 297 U.S. 135
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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 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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