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JONES, EXECUTRIX, v. VAN BENTHUYSEN (1885)

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JONES, EXECUTRIX, v. VAN BENTHUYSEN |
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Term: 1885 |
Important Dates |
Decided: November 23, 1885 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
JONES, EXECUTRIX, v. VAN BENTHUYSEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1885.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
- Petitioner: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 115 U.S. 464
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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