ZONNE v. MINNEAPOLIS SYNDICATE (1911)

ZONNE v. MINNEAPOLIS SYNDICATE
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: January 19, 1911
	Decided: March 13, 1911
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ZONNE v. MINNEAPOLIS SYNDICATE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 13, 1911. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1911.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Minnesota
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 220 U.S. 187
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: William Rufus Day

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.