GARNER v. SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE (1894) - Ballotpedia

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GARNER v. SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE

Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1893
Decided: January 22, 1894
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

GARNER v. SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF PROVIDENCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1894. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1893.

In a 7-0 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 Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 151 U.S. 420
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: John Marshall Harlan

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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