In re KOLLOCK, PETITIONER (1897)

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in re KOLLOCK, PETITIONER
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: January 25, 1897
Decided: March 1, 1897
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

in re KOLLOCK, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 165 U.S. 526
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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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