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PEOPLE v. COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS (1877)

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PEOPLE v. COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS |
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Term: 1876 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 14, 1877 |
Decided: March 26, 1877 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
PEOPLE v. COMMISSIONERS OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1877. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1877.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 94 U.S. 415
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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