GULLY, STATE TAX COLLECTOR, et al. v. INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO. (1934)

GULLY, STATE TAX COLLECTOR, et al. v. INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO.
	Term: 1933
Important Dates
	Argued: March 15, 1934
	Decided: April 2, 1934
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

GULLY, STATE TAX COLLECTOR, et al. v. INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 2, 1934. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1934.

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 Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Mississippi
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 292 U.S. 16
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.