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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES (1890)

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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1890 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 24, 1890 |
Decided: December 8, 1890 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-1 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
Dissenting |
Stephen Johnson Field |
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1890. The case was argued before the court on November 24, 1890.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 137 U.S. 355
- 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: John Marshall Harlan
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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