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VAIL v. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA

Term: 1907
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1907
Decided: December 2, 1907
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

VAIL v. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1907. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Arizona
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Arizona
Citation: 207 U.S. 201
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.

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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