TANNER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, v. LITTLE (1916)

TANNER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, v. LITTLE
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: October 29, 1915
	Decided: March 6, 1916
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

TANNER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, v. LITTLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1916. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1915.

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 Washington Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Seller or vendor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 240 U.S. 369
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.