SAMUEL GORDON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE APPEAL TAX COURT (1845) - Ballotpedia

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SAMUEL GORDON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE APPEAL TAX COURT

Term: 1845
Important Dates
Argued: December 23, 1844
Decided: January 22, 1845
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

SAMUEL GORDON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE APPEAL TAX COURT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1845. The case was argued before the court on December 23, 1844.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maryland State Appellate Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 44 U.S. 133
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: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Moore Wayne

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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