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EVANSVILLE BANK v. GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK (1895)

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EVANSVILLE BANK v. GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK
Term: 1894
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1894
Decided: January 7, 1895
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

EVANSVILLE BANK v. GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1895. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1894.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 155 U.S. 556
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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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