AUSTIN et al. v. NEW HAMPSHIRE et al. (1975)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
AUSTIN et al. v. NEW HAMPSHIRE et al.
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1975
Decided: March 19, 1975
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun

AUSTIN et al. v. NEW HAMPSHIRE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1975. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1975.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Hampshire State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Nonresident
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Hampshire
  • Citation: 420 U.S. 656
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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