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CENTRAL BANK v. UNITED STATES (1953)

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CENTRAL BANK v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1952 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 29, 1953 |
Decided: June 1, 1953 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
4-3 |
Majority |
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed |
Dissenting |
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Frederick Vinson |
CENTRAL BANK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1953. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1953.
In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 345 U.S. 639
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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