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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
Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1949
Decided: June 20, 1949
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harold BurtonFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonFrank MurphyStanley ReedWiley RutledgeFrederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo BlackWilliam 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.

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