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LEE, COMPTROLLER, v. BICKELL, et al.

Term: 1933
Important Dates
Argued: May 10, 1934
Decided: May 21, 1934
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

LEE, COMPTROLLER, v. BICKELL, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1934. The case was argued before the court on May 10, 1934.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 292 U.S. 415
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: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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.

See also

External links

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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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