NORTON v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAXING DISTRICT OF BROWNSVILLE (1889)

NORTON v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAXING DISTRICT OF BROWNSVILLE
	Term: 1888
Important Dates
	Decided: March 5, 1889
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

NORTON v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAXING DISTRICT OF BROWNSVILLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1889.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 129 U.S. 479
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.