BALTIMORE v. BALTIMORE TRUST AND GUARANTEE COMPANY (1897)

BALTIMORE v. BALTIMORE TRUST AND GUARANTEE COMPANY
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: March 11, 1897
	Decided: April 26, 1897
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

BALTIMORE v. BALTIMORE TRUST AND GUARANTEE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1897. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1897.

In a 9-0 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 Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 166 U.S. 673
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.