DEPOSIT BANK v. FRANKFORT (1903)

DEPOSIT BANK v. FRANKFORT
	Term: 1903
Important Dates
	Argued: October 20, 1903
	Decided: December 14, 1903
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

DEPOSIT BANK v. FRANKFORT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1903. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1903.

In a 5-4 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 Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 191 U.S. 499
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: William Rufus Day

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.