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KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY v. SALM et al. (1922)

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KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY v. SALM et al. |
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Term: 1921 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 27, 1922 |
Decided: February 27, 1922 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY v. SALM et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1922. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1922.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Southern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Construction industry
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
- Respondent state: Illinois
- Citation: 258 U.S. 122
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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
- 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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