CITIZENS' BANK v. CANNON (1896)

CITIZENS' BANK v. CANNON
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: October 21, 1896
	Decided: November 30, 1896
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

CITIZENS' BANK v. CANNON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1896. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1896.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 164 U.S. 319
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: George Shiras

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.