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WISCONSIN et al. v. MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO.

Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1940
Decided: December 16, 1940
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts

WISCONSIN et al. v. MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1940. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1940.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Appellate Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 311 U.S. 452
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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External links

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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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