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CITIZENS' BANK v. PARKER (1904)

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CITIZENS' BANK v. PARKER
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Argued: October 28, 1903
Decided: January 4, 1904
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Henry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah BrewerMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall Harlan

CITIZENS' BANK v. PARKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1904. The case was argued before the court on October 28, 1903.

In a 6-3 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 State Trial Court.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 192 U.S. 73
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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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