ST. MARTIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH et al. v. SOUTH DAKOTA (1981) - Ballotpedia

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ST. MARTIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH et al. v. SOUTH DAKOTA

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1981
Decided: May 26, 1981
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens

ST. MARTIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH et al. v. SOUTH DAKOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1981. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1981.

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 South Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: South Dakota
Citation: 451 U.S. 772
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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