STATE BOARD OF INSURANCE et al. v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORP. (1962)

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STATE BOARD OF INSURANCE et al. v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORP.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: March 21, 1962
Decided: June 25, 1962
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black

STATE BOARD OF INSURANCE et al. v. TODD SHIPYARDS CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1962. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1962.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 370 U.S. 451
  • 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: William Douglas

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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