FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK v. FRANCKLYN (1887)

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK v. FRANCKLYN
	Term: 1886
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1887
	Decided: March 21, 1887
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK v. FRANCKLYN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1887. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1887.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 120 U.S. 747
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Gray

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.