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CHASE NATIONAL BANK et al. v. UNITED STATES (1929)

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CHASE NATIONAL BANK et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1928 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 17, 1928 |
Decided: January 2, 1929 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
Concurring |
James Clark McReynolds |
Dissenting |
Pierce Butler • George Sutherland |
CHASE NATIONAL BANK et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1929. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1928.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 278 U.S. 327
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone
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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