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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. GALLAGHER et al. (1939)

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. GALLAGHER et al.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1938
Decided: January 30, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. GALLAGHER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 30, 1939. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1938.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 306 U.S. 167
  • 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: Stanley Reed

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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