INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION (1944) - Ballotpedia

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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION

Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1944
Decided: May 29, 1944
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Robert Jackson

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1944. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1944.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 322 U.S. 435
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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

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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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