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UNITED STATES v. KOPPERS COMPANY, INC.

Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1954
Decided: January 31, 1955
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Earl Warren
Dissenting
William Douglas • Stanley Reed

UNITED STATES v. KOPPERS COMPANY, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1955. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1954.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 348 U.S. 254
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: Harold Burton

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

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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