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TYLER PIPE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (1987)

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TYLER PIPE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1987
Decided: June 23, 1987
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

TYLER PIPE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1987.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 483 U.S. 232
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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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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