SUSQUEHANNA COAL COMPANY v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH AMBOY (1913) - Ballotpedia

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SUSQUEHANNA COAL COMPANY v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH AMBOY

Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: May 6, 1913
Decided: May 26, 1913
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SUSQUEHANNA COAL COMPANY v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH AMBOY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1913. The case was argued before the court on May 6, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New Jersey.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Coal company or coal mine operator
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 228 U.S. 665
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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