SHELTON v. PLATT (1891)

SHELTON v. PLATT
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: March 13, 1891
	Decided: April 6, 1891
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

SHELTON v. PLATT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1891.

In an 8-1 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 Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 139 U.S. 591
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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 liberal.