TOMLINSON v. BRANCH (1873)

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TOMLINSON v. BRANCH
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1873
Decided: March 10, 1873
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

TOMLINSON v. BRANCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1873. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1873.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: South Carolina
  • Citation: 82 U.S. 460
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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