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BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION v. PARNELL

Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1956
Decided: November 13, 1956
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION v. PARNELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 1956. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1956.

In a 7-2 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 Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - miscellaneous federalism
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 352 U.S. 29
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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