Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE v. STAAKE (1906)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE v. STAAKE
Term: 1905
Important Dates
Argued: March 15, 1906
Decided: April 30, 1906
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE v. STAAKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1906. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1906.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 202 U.S. 141
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: Henry Billings Brown

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 liberal.

See also

External links

Footnotes