WHEELER v. SOHMER, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1914)

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WHEELER v. SOHMER, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1913
Decided: April 20, 1914
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton
Concurring
Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney
Dissenting
Joseph Rucker Lamar • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WHEELER v. SOHMER, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1914. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1913.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 233 U.S. 434
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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