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MAGONE v. LUCKEMEYER (1891)
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| MAGONE v. LUCKEMEYER |
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| Term: 1890 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 30, 1891 |
| Decided: April 13, 1891 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
| Dissenting |
| Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray |
MAGONE v. LUCKEMEYER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 13, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1891.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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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: United States
- Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 139 U.S. 612
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford
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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