MEMPHIS NATURAL GAS CO. v. STONE, CHAIRMAN, STATE TAX COMMISSION (1948) - Ballotpedia

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MEMPHIS NATURAL GAS CO. v. STONE, CHAIRMAN, STATE TAX COMMISSION

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1947
Decided: June 21, 1948
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Stanley Reed
Majority
William Douglas • Frank Murphy
Concurring
Hugo Black • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson

MEMPHIS NATURAL GAS CO. v. STONE, CHAIRMAN, STATE TAX COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1948. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1947.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Pipe line company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Mississippi
Citation: 335 U.S. 80
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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External links

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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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