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LOEB v. COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES (1900)

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LOEB v. COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1900
Decided: December 10, 1900
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

LOEB v. COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1900. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 179 U.S. 472
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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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