SIOUX CITY BRIDGE COMPANY v. DAKOTA COUNTY, NEBRASKA (1923) - Ballotpedia

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SIOUX CITY BRIDGE COMPANY v. DAKOTA COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1922
Decided: January 2, 1923
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

SIOUX CITY BRIDGE COMPANY v. DAKOTA COUNTY, NEBRASKA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1923. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1922.

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 Nebraska State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Nebraska
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Nebraska
Citation: 260 U.S. 441
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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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