NEWSWEEK, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE et al. (1998) - Ballotpedia

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NEWSWEEK, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE et al.

Term: 1997
Important Dates
Decided: February 23, 1998
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

NEWSWEEK, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1998.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 522 U.S. 442
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.

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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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