FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WELLINGTON v. CHAPMAN (1899)

| FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WELLINGTON v. CHAPMAN |
|---|
| Term: 1898 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 13, 1899 |
| Decided: February 27, 1899 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WELLINGTON v. CHAPMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1899. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1899.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Ohio
- Citation: 173 U.S. 205
- 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham
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
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- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
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