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Ex parte THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO (1907)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
Term: 1907
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1907
Decided: October 28, 1907
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

ex parte THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 28, 1907. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 207 U.S. 61
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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