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JOY OIL CO., LTD. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION

Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: January 6, 1949
Decided: June 13, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Frederick Vinson

JOY OIL CO., LTD. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1949. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1949.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Michigan
Citation: 337 U.S. 286
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.

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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