SEEBERGER v. HARDY. (1893)

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SEEBERGER v. HARDY.
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: November 21, 1893
Decided: December 4, 1893
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

SEEBERGER v. HARDY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1893. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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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: 150 U.S. 420
  • 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: Henry Billings Brown

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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