SPECTOR MOTOR SERVICE, INC. v. O'CONNOR, TAX COMMISSIONER (1951) - Ballotpedia

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SPECTOR MOTOR SERVICE, INC. v. O'CONNOR, TAX COMMISSIONER

Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: October 29, 1950
Decided: March 26, 1951
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas

SPECTOR MOTOR SERVICE, INC. v. O'CONNOR, TAX COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1951. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1950.

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

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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: Connecticut
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Connecticut
Citation: 340 U.S. 602
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harold Burton

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

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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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