WEST POINT WHOLESALE GROCERY CO. v. CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA (1957) - Ballotpedia

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WEST POINT WHOLESALE GROCERY CO. v. CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA

Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1957
Decided: June 17, 1957
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black

WEST POINT WHOLESALE GROCERY CO. v. CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1957. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1957.

In an 8-1 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 Appellate Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Wholesale trade
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Alabama
Citation: 354 U.S. 390
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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