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COOK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES (1883)

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COOK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1882
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1882
Decided: April 9, 1883
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

COOK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1883. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1882.

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: Federal Taxation - Miscellaneous federal taxation (cf. national supremacy: state tax)
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 107 U.S. 445
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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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