CHICOPEE BANK v. PHILADELPHIA BANK (1869)

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CHICOPEE BANK v. PHILADELPHIA BANK |
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Term: 1869 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 9, 1869 |
Decided: November 29, 1869 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
CHICOPEE BANK v. PHILADELPHIA BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1869. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1869.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 75 U.S. 641
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson
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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