HOOVER MOTOR EXPRESS CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES (1958) - Ballotpedia

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HOOVER MOTOR EXPRESS CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: January 29, 1958
Decided: March 17, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

HOOVER MOTOR EXPRESS CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1958.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Trucking company, or motor carrier
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 356 U.S. 38
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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