STANISLAUS COUNTY v. SAN JOAQUIN AND KING'S RIVER CANAL AND IRRIGATION COMPANY (1904)

STANISLAUS COUNTY v. SAN JOAQUIN AND KING'S RIVER CANAL AND IRRIGATION COMPANY
	Term: 1903
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 1903
	Decided: January 18, 1904
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

STANISLAUS COUNTY v. SAN JOAQUIN AND KING'S RIVER CANAL AND IRRIGATION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1904. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1903.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 192 U.S. 201
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.