SEEBERGER v. HARDY. (1893)

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SEEBERGER v. HARDY. |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 21, 1893 |
Decided: December 4, 1893 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George 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.
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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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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