INTERSTATE TRANSIT, INCORPORATED, v. LINDSEY, COUNTY COURT CLERK (1931)

INTERSTATE TRANSIT, INCORPORATED, v. LINDSEY, COUNTY COURT CLERK
	Term: 1930
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 1931
	Decided: April 13, 1931
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

INTERSTATE TRANSIT, INCORPORATED, v. LINDSEY, COUNTY COURT CLERK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 13, 1931. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1931.

In an 8-1 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: Bus or motorized passenger transportation vehicle
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 283 U.S. 183
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.