STOCKWELL v. UNITED STATES (1871)

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STOCKWELL v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1871
Decided: December 11, 1871
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller

STOCKWELL v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1871. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1871.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine U.S. District 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: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
  • Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 80 U.S. 531
  • 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: William Strong

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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