UNITED STATES v. RAILROAD COMPANY (1873)

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UNITED STATES v. RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1872 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 12, 1873 |
Decided: April 7, 1873 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
Concurring |
Joseph Bradley |
Dissenting |
Nathan Clifford • Samuel Freeman Miller |
UNITED STATES v. RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1873. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1873.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.
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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: 84 U.S. 322
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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