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LICENSE TAX CASES (UNITED STATES v. VASSAR)

Term: 1866
Important Dates
Argued: December 28, 1865
Decided: January 28, 1867
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

LICENSE TAX CASES (UNITED STATES v. VASSAR) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1867. The case was argued before the court on December 28, 1865.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 72 U.S. 462
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase

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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