LAWRENCE et al. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI (1932)

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LAWRENCE et al. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI
Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1932
Decided: May 16, 1932
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland
Dissenting
Willis Van Devanter

LAWRENCE et al. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1932. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1932.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Resident
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Mississippi
  • Citation: 286 U.S. 276
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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