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THE MACALLEN COMPANY v. MASSACHUSETTS

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1929
Decided: May 27, 1929
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone

THE MACALLEN COMPANY v. MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1929. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1929.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 279 U.S. 620
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: George Sutherland

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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