JAMES, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, v. DRAVO CONTRACTING CO. (1937) - Ballotpedia

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JAMES, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, v. DRAVO CONTRACTING CO.

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1937
Decided: December 6, 1937
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland

JAMES, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, v. DRAVO CONTRACTING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1937. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1937.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: West Virginia
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 302 U.S. 134
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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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