University V. People (1879)
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| UNIVERSITY v. PEOPLE |
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| Term: 1878 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 14, 1879 |
| Decided: April 7, 1879 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-0 |
| Majority |
| Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
UNIVERSITY v. PEOPLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1879. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1879.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.
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About the case[edit]
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Private school, college, or university
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Illinois
- Citation: 99 U.S. 309
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller
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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- 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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External links[edit]
- The Supreme Court Database
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ 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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