GREAT WESTERN POWER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1936)

GREAT WESTERN POWER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
	Term: 1935
Important Dates
	Argued: March 5, 1936
	Decided: March 16, 1936
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

GREAT WESTERN POWER COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1936. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1936.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 297 U.S. 543
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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.