QUAKER CITY CAB COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (1928) - Ballotpedia

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QUAKER CITY CAB COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1927
Decided: May 28, 1928
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone

QUAKER CITY CAB COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1928. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1927.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 277 U.S. 389
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.

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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