WRIGHT, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF GEORGIA, v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY (1915)

WRIGHT, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF GEORGIA, v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: January 29, 1915
	Decided: March 22, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney

WRIGHT, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF GEORGIA, v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1915. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1915.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Georgia
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 236 U.S. 687
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion 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 conservative.