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ROGERS v. HENNEPIN COUNTY

Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1915
Decided: February 21, 1916
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

ROGERS v. HENNEPIN COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1916. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1915.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial Court.

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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: Minnesota
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 240 U.S. 184
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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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