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MOSES LAKE HOMES, INC., et al. v. GRANT COUNTY (1961)

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MOSES LAKE HOMES, INC., et al. v. GRANT COUNTY
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1961
Decided: April 17, 1961
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

MOSES LAKE HOMES, INC., et al. v. GRANT COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1961. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1961.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 365 U.S. 744
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Whittaker

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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