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SARANAC LAND AND TIMBER COMPANY v. COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK (1900)

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SARANAC LAND AND TIMBER COMPANY v. COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Argued: December 21, 1899
Decided: April 9, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

SARANAC LAND AND TIMBER COMPANY v. COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1900. The case was argued before the court on December 21, 1899.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 177 U.S. 318
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.

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