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DEUTSCHE BANK FILIALE NURNBERG v. HUMPHREY (1926)

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DEUTSCHE BANK FILIALE NURNBERG v. HUMPHREY
Term: 1926
Important Dates
Decided: November 23, 1926
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisOliver Wendell HolmesHarlan Fiske StoneWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Pierce ButlerJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordGeorge Sutherland

DEUTSCHE BANK FILIALE NURNBERG v. HUMPHREY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1926.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 272 U.S. 517
  • 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 unspecifiable.

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