THE FARMERS LOAN & TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR, v. MINNESOTA (1930) - Ballotpedia

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THE FARMERS LOAN & TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR, v. MINNESOTA

Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 1929
Decided: January 6, 1930
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

THE FARMERS LOAN & TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR, v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1930. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1929.

In a 7-2 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 Minnesota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 280 U.S. 204
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.

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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