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SHERMAN v. UNITED STATES (1900)

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SHERMAN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1899
Decided: May 14, 1900
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaGeorge Shiras
Dissenting
Edward Douglass White

SHERMAN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1900. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1899.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 178 U.S. 150
  • 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: George Shiras

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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