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KNIGHTS v. JACKSON, TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL (1922)

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KNIGHTS v. JACKSON, TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: October 3, 1922
Decided: October 16, 1922
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

KNIGHTS v. JACKSON, TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 16, 1922. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 1922.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Supreme 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.

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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: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Massachusetts
  • Citation: 260 U.S. 12
  • 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: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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