SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, et al. v. ALABAMA et al. (1999)

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SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, et al. v. ALABAMA et al. |
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Term: 1998 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 19, 1999 |
Decided: March 23, 1999 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
Concurring |
Sandra Day O'Connor • Clarence Thomas |
SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, et al. v. ALABAMA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1999. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1999.
In a 9-0 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 Alabama State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Alabama
- Citation: 526 U.S. 160
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer
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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