FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK v. BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA (1972) - Ballotpedia

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FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK v. BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA

Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1972
Decided: June 7, 1972
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
William Rehnquist
Majority
Warren Burger • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK v. BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1972. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1972.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Act of State doctrine
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 406 U.S. 759
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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