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SENIOR v. BRADEN et al.

Term: 1934
Important Dates
Argued: April 9, 1935
Decided: May 20, 1935
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Harlan Fiske Stone

SENIOR v. BRADEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1935. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1935.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 295 U.S. 422
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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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