VAN ALLEN v. THE ASSESSORS (1866)

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VAN ALLEN v. THE ASSESSORS
Term: 1865
Important Dates
Argued: January 31, 1866
Decided: March 26, 1866
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson
Concurring
Salmon Portland Chase • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

VAN ALLEN v. THE ASSESSORS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1866. The case was argued before the court on January 31, 1866.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Shareholders to whom a tender offer is made
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 70 U.S. 573
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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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