UNITED STATES v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC. (1961) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC.

Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1961
Decided: May 22, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

UNITED STATES v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1961. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1961.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 366 U.S. 380
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Whittaker

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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