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SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX. (1956)
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| SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX. |
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| Term: 1955 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 19, 1956 |
| Decided: April 23, 1956 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-1 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Earl Warren |
| Dissenting |
| Stanley Reed |
SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1956. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1956.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 351 U.S. 1
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren
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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