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UNITED STATES, INTERVENOR, v. INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY (1885)

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UNITED STATES, INTERVENOR, v. INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY
Term: 1884
Important Dates
Decided: March 16, 1885
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

UNITED STATES, INTERVENOR, v. INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1885.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 113 U.S. 711
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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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