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STOCKARD v. MORGAN (1902)

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STOCKARD v. MORGAN
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Decided: April 7, 1902
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

STOCKARD v. MORGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1902.

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 Tennessee State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Tennessee
  • Citation: 185 U.S. 27
  • 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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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