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KIMBALL v. THE COLLECTOR

Term: 1870
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1870
Decided: December 19, 1870
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

KIMBALL v. THE COLLECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 19, 1870. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1870.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Customs Service or Commissioner of Customs
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 77 U.S. 436
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: Salmon Portland Chase
Who wrote the majority opinion: Nathan Clifford

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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