CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. STEVENS (March 7, 1898)

CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. STEVENS
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1897
	Decided: March 7, 1898
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Rufus Wheeler Peckham

CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. STEVENS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1898. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1897.

In an 8-1 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 New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 169 U.S. 432
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: George Shiras

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.