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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA (1923)

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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: January 2, 1923
Decided: February 19, 1923
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1923. The case was argued before the court on January 2, 1923.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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 - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 261 U.S. 253
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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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