PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. HAYWARD (1891) - Ballotpedia

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PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. HAYWARD

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1890
Decided: May 25, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan

PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. HAYWARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1890.

In a 5-3 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 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 141 U.S. 36
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Gray

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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