STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSIONERS OF INDIANA v. JACKSON (1931) - Ballotpedia

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STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSIONERS OF INDIANA v. JACKSON

Term: 1930
Important Dates
Argued: March 5, 1931
Decided: May 18, 1931
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSIONERS OF INDIANA v. JACKSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1931. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1931.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District 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: Indiana
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 283 U.S. 527
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.

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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