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WELCH v. HENRY et al. (1938)

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WELCH v. HENRY et al.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1938
Decided: November 21, 1938
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts

WELCH v. HENRY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1938. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1938.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Petitioner state: Wisconsin
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Wisconsin
  • Citation: 305 U.S. 134
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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