COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1928)

COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: November 21, 1927
	Decided: February 20, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

COMMERCIAL CREDIT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1928. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1927.

In an 8-0 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 Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 276 U.S. 226
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: Edward Terry Sanford

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.