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UNITED STATES v. SMITH (1870)

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UNITED STATES v. SMITH |
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Term: 1869 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 24, 1869 |
Decided: January 24, 1870 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
UNITED STATES v. SMITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1870. The case was argued before the court on November 24, 1869.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase 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: Oil company, or natural gas producer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 75 U.S. 587
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Robert Cooper Grier
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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