NEW YORK STATE v. BARKER, 179 U.S. 279 (December 10, 1900) - Ballotpedia

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NEW YORK STATE v. BARKER

Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 1900
Decided: December 10, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

NEW YORK STATE v. BARKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1900. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1900.

In a 9-0 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: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 179 U.S. 279
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.

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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