HALE et al. v. STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW (1937) - Ballotpedia

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HALE et al. v. STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1937
Decided: November 8, 1937
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland

HALE et al. v. STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 8, 1937. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1937.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial 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: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Iowa
Citation: 302 U.S. 95
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: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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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