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HEPBURN v. THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS (1875)

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HEPBURN v. THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: February 4, 1875
Decided: February 15, 1875
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

HEPBURN v. THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1875. The case was argued before the court on February 4, 1875.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 90 U.S. 480
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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