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LEDERER, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. MCGARVEY, EXECUTRIX (1926)

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LEDERER, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. MCGARVEY, EXECUTRIX
Term: 1925
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1926
Decided: May 24, 1926
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

LEDERER, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. MCGARVEY, EXECUTRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1926. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1926.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District 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 - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 271 U.S. 342
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: Edward Terry Sanford

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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