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COVINGTON v. COVINGTON FIRST NATIONAL BANK (1902)

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COVINGTON v. COVINGTON FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1902
Decided: April 28, 1902
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

COVINGTON v. COVINGTON FIRST NATIONAL BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1902. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1902.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 185 U.S. 270
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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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