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WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION (1948)

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WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION
Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1948
Decided: June 14, 1948
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frederick Vinson

WEST v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1948. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1948.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Supreme Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 334 U.S. 717
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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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