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TAYLOR v. YPSILANTI (1882)

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TAYLOR v. YPSILANTI
Term: 1881
Important Dates
Argued: November 29, 1881
Decided: March 20, 1882
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

TAYLOR v. YPSILANTI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1882. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1881.

In a 7-0 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 Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Michigan
  • Citation: 105 U.S. 60
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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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