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STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. KNIGHT (1904)

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STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. KNIGHT |
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Term: 1903 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 11, 1903 |
Decided: January 4, 1904 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
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 |
STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. KNIGHT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1904. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1903.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 192 U.S. 21
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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