BRENHAM v. GERMAN AMERICAN BANK (1892)

BRENHAM v. GERMAN AMERICAN BANK
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: December 14, 1891
	Decided: March 28, 1892
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • John Marshall Harlan

BRENHAM v. GERMAN AMERICAN BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1892. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1891.

In a 5-3 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 Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 144 U.S. 173
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: 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 conservative.