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UNITED STATES v. AETNA EXPLOSIVES COMPANY

Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1921
Decided: May 16, 1921
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
John Hessin Clarke

UNITED STATES v. AETNA EXPLOSIVES COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1921. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1921.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

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

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 256 U.S. 402
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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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