WILMETTE PARK DISTRICT v. CAMPBELL, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE (1949) - Ballotpedia

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WILMETTE PARK DISTRICT v. CAMPBELL, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1949
Decided: December 12, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

WILMETTE PARK DISTRICT v. CAMPBELL, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1949. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1949.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 411
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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.

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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