California v. Central Pacific Railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
court case
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| gptkbp:applicationNumber |
No. 1, 1885
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
impact on state-federal relations
available in legal databases available in law journals affected future corporate tax cases analyzed for its outcome implications details of the ruling explained summary of the case outcome Central_Pacific_Railroad_exempt_from_state_taxes |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
tax law case
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| gptkbp:citedBy |
118 U.S. 394
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
landmark decision upheld federal authority March 1, 1886 influenced taxation policies |
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:economicImpact |
affecting state revenue
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| gptkbp:historicalContext |
railroad_expansion_in_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:historicalEvent |
originated_in_California_state_courts
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
reflects economic tensions of the era
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
California v. Central Pacific Railroad
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| gptkbp:impact |
influenced future taxation cases
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| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Justice_Joseph_P._Bradley
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_J._Field majority opinion affirmed lower court's ruling review of state taxation authority federal supremacy over state laws set limits on state taxation powers shaped future tax legislation |
| gptkbp:lawEnforcement |
analyzed for its impact on law
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| gptkbp:legalStatus |
interstate commerce clause
limited state power over interstate commerce implications for state sovereignty reaffirmed federal jurisdiction taxation of railroad property consequences for state revenue systems framework for interstate commerce regulation state rights vs. federal regulation attorneys_for_California attorneys_for_Central_Pacific_Railroad post-Civil_War_economic_expansion |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
documented in legal archives
studied in law schools often cited in legal discussions analyzed state vs. federal authority important for corporate taxation issues relevant to modern taxation debates |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Supreme_Court_ruled_in_favor_of_Central_Pacific_Railroad
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| gptkbp:politicalAffiliation |
gptkb:California
Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company |
| gptkbp:precedent |
subsequent cases on state taxation
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| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Co._v._Arizona
gptkb:Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Co._v._Illinois |
| gptkbp:significance |
established precedent for state taxation of interstate commerce
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| gptkbp:year |
1885
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