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PROVIDENT INSTITUTION v. MASSACHUSETTS

Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1868
Decided: March 30, 1868
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller

PROVIDENT INSTITUTION v. MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1868. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1868.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 73 U.S. 611
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: Nathan Clifford

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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