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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES (1890)

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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: November 24, 1890
Decided: December 8, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius 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.

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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.

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