HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. v. REILY, COLLECTOR OF REVENUE OF LOUISIANA (1963)

HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. v. REILY, COLLECTOR OF REVENUE OF LOUISIANA
	Term: 1962
Important Dates
	Argued: March 26, 1962
	Decided: May 13, 1963
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark

HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. v. REILY, COLLECTOR OF REVENUE OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1963. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1962.

In a 7-2 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 Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 373 U.S. 64
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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.