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PEOPLE v. THE COMMISSIONERS

Term: 1866
Important Dates
Argued: December 20, 1866
Decided: January 7, 1867
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

PEOPLE v. THE COMMISSIONERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1867. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1866.

In a 5-3 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: Shareholders to whom a tender offer is made
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 71 U.S. 244
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: Salmon Portland Chase
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson

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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