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UNITED STATES v. PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY et al. (1926)

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UNITED STATES v. PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Term: 1925
Important Dates
Argued: March 11, 1926
Decided: May 24, 1926
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. PITTSBURGH & WEST VIRGINIA RAILWAY COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1926. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1926.

In an 8-0 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.

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.

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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: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 271 U.S. 310
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Pierce Butler

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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