CITIZENS' SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. PERRY COUNTY (1895)

CITIZENS' SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. PERRY COUNTY
	Term: 1894
Important Dates
	Argued: March 29, 1894
	Decided: March 4, 1895
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 • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

CITIZENS' SAVING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. PERRY COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1895. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1894.

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 Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 156 U.S. 692
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.