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CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. DENSON (1903)

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CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. DENSON
Term: 1902
Important Dates
Decided: April 27, 1903
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan

CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. DENSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1903.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Alabama.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 189 U.S. 408
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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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