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S. R. A., INC. v. MINNESOTA (1946)

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S. R. A., INC. v. MINNESOTA
Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: January 3, 1946
Decided: March 25, 1946
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Harlan Fiske Stone

S. R. A., INC. v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1946. The case was argued before the court on January 3, 1946.

In an 8-0 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: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
  • Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Petitioner state: Minnesota
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Minnesota
  • Citation: 327 U.S. 558
  • 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: Stanley Reed

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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