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TRINOVA CORPORATION v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

Term: 1990
Important Dates
Argued: October 1, 1990
Decided: February 19, 1991
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens

TRINOVA CORPORATION v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1991. The case was argued before the court on October 1, 1990.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Michigan
Citation: 498 U.S. 358
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.

See also

External links

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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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