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J. BACON & SONS v. MARTIN (1939)
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| J. BACON & SONS v. MARTIN |
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| Term: 1938 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 15, 1938 |
| Decided: January 3, 1939 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
J. BACON & SONS v. MARTIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1939. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1938.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
- Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
- Petitioner state: Kentucky
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Kentucky
- Citation: 305 U.S. 380
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
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