WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT (1889) - Ballotpedia

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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT

Term: 1889
Important Dates
Decided: December 16, 1889
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1889.

In an 8-0 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 Alabama State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Alabama
Citation: 132 U.S. 472
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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

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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