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OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES (1943)

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OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: April 9, 1943
Decided: June 14, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Robert Jackson • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
William Douglas
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone

OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1943. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1943.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Oklahoma
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 319 U.S. 598
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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