WEST INDIA OIL CO. (PUERTO RICO) v. DOMENECH, TREASURER OF PUERTO RICO (1940) - Ballotpedia

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WEST INDIA OIL CO. (PUERTO RICO) v. DOMENECH, TREASURER OF PUERTO RICO

Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1940
Decided: November 12, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts

WEST INDIA OIL CO. (PUERTO RICO) v. DOMENECH, TREASURER OF PUERTO RICO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 1940. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1940.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Puerto Rico
Citation: 311 U.S. 20
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.

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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