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LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY v. CLARK (1892)

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LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY v. CLARK
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: November 23, 1891
Decided: January 18, 1892
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Concurring
Horace Gray

LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY v. CLARK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1892. The case was argued before the court on November 23, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 143 U.S. 1
  • 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 liberal.

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