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WHEELING STEEL CORP. v. GLANDER, TAX COMMISSIONER OF OHIO (1949)

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WHEELING STEEL CORP. v. GLANDER, TAX COMMISSIONER OF OHIO |
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Term: 1948 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 29, 1949 |
Decided: June 20, 1949 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • William Douglas |
WHEELING STEEL CORP. v. GLANDER, TAX COMMISSIONER OF OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1949. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1949.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Supreme Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
- Petitioner state: Ohio
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Ohio
- Citation: 337 U.S. 562
- 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: Robert Jackson
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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