HOME INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY v. TENNESSEE FOR THE USE OF MEMPHIS (1896)

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HOME INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY v. TENNESSEE FOR THE USE OF MEMPHIS
Term: 1895
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1896
Decided: March 2, 1896
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

HOME INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY v. TENNESSEE FOR THE USE OF MEMPHIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1896. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1896.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Tennessee
  • Citation: 161 U.S. 198
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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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