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KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, INC. v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE (1992)

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KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, INC. v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1992
Decided: June 18, 1992
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist

KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, INC. v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1992. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1992.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial 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: Iowa
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 505 U.S. 71
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.

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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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