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BANK OF KENTUCKY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY (1907)

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BANK OF KENTUCKY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Term: 1907
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1907
Decided: December 2, 1907
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

BANK OF KENTUCKY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 1907. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 207 U.S. 258
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.

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