NORTON COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF ILLINOIS (1951) - Ballotpedia

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NORTON COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF ILLINOIS

Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1950
Decided: February 26, 1951
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Stanley Reed

NORTON COMPANY v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1951. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1950.

In a 5-4 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 Illinois 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: Illinois
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 340 U.S. 534
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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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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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