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BELL & OTHERS v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO (1885)

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BELL & OTHERS v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
Term: 1885
Important Dates
Decided: November 16, 1885
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

BELL & OTHERS v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1885.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 115 U.S. 373
  • 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 Blatchford

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 unspecifiable.

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