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PUERTO RICO v. RUSSELL & CO., S. EN C. (1942)
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| PUERTO RICO v. RUSSELL & CO., S. EN C. |
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| Term: 1941 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 3, 1942 |
| Decided: March 16, 1942 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Frank Murphy |
PUERTO RICO v. RUSSELL & CO., S. EN C. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1942. The case was argued before the court on February 3, 1942.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Puerto Rico
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 315 U.S. 610
- 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: Owen Josephus Roberts
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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