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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
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 BrandeisOliver Wendell HolmesEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter
Concurring
James Clark McReynolds
Dissenting
Pierce ButlerGeorge 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.

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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.

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