LAKE SUPERIOR CONSOLIDATED IRON MINES ET. AL v. LORD et al. (1926) - Ballotpedia

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LAKE SUPERIOR CONSOLIDATED IRON MINES ET. AL v. LORD et al.

Term: 1925
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1925
Decided: June 7, 1926
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

LAKE SUPERIOR CONSOLIDATED IRON MINES ET. AL v. LORD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1926. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1925.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 271 U.S. 577
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: James Clark McReynolds

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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