SCOTLAND COUNTY COURT v. UNITED STATES EX REL. HILL (1891)

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SCOTLAND COUNTY COURT v. UNITED STATES EX REL. HILL
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: April 9, 1891
Decided: April 20, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

SCOTLAND COUNTY COURT v. UNITED STATES EX REL. HILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1891. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1891.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Court or judicial district
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 140 U.S. 41
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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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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