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POWERS v. COMLY (1879)

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POWERS v. COMLY
Term: 1879
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1879
Decided: December 15, 1879
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

POWERS v. COMLY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1879. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1879.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Customs Service or Commissioner of Customs
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 101 U.S. 789
  • 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: Morrison Waite

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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