STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. FOLSOM v. MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATORS OF NEW ORLEANS (1883)

STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. FOLSOM v. MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATORS OF NEW ORLEANS
	Term: 1883
Important Dates
	Argued: April 9, 1883
	Decided: November 19, 1883
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods
Concurring
	Joseph Bradley
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. FOLSOM v. MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATORS OF NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1883. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1883.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 109 U.S. 285
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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.