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MAY v. NEW ORLEANS (1900)
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| MAY v. NEW ORLEANS |
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| Term: 1899 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 6, 1900 |
| Decided: May 21, 1900 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras |
MAY v. NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1900. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1900.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: Louisiana
- Citation: 178 U.S. 496
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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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