LYON, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, v. SINGER (1950) - Ballotpedia

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LYON, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, v. SINGER

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1950
Decided: June 5, 1950
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter

LYON, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS, v. SINGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1950. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1950.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 339 U.S. 841
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

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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