STATE TONNAGE TAX CASES: COX v. THE COLLECTOR (1871)

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STATE TONNAGE TAX CASES: COX v. THE COLLECTOR
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: April 14, 1871
Decided: October 30, 1871
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

STATE TONNAGE TAX CASES: COX v. THE COLLECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 30, 1871. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 1871.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: state tax (cf. state tax)
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Alabama
  • Citation: 79 U.S. 204
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Nathan Clifford

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.

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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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