CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) v. SOUTH ACRES DEVELOPMENT CO. (1978) - Ballotpedia

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CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) v. SOUTH ACRES DEVELOPMENT CO.

Term: 1977
Important Dates
Decided: January 9, 1978
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION) v. SOUTH ACRES DEVELOPMENT CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1978.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Guam U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Real estate developer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 434 U.S. 236
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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