CITY OF GAINESVILLE v. BROWN-CRUMMER INVESTMENT COMPANY et al. (1928)

CITY OF GAINESVILLE v. BROWN-CRUMMER INVESTMENT COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: April 13, 1928
	Decided: May 14, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

CITY OF GAINESVILLE v. BROWN-CRUMMER INVESTMENT COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1928. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1928.

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 Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 277 U.S. 54
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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.