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UNITED STATES v. RAILROAD COMPANY

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

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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