UNITED STATES v. ONE FORD COUPE AUTOMOBILE (1926) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. ONE FORD COUPE AUTOMOBILE

Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1925
Decided: November 22, 1926
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland

UNITED STATES v. ONE FORD COUPE AUTOMOBILE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1926. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1925.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft 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: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 272 U.S. 321
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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