GEORGETOWN NATIONAL BANK v. MCFARLAND et al. (1927)

GEORGETOWN NATIONAL BANK v. MCFARLAND et al.
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: December 13, 1926
	Decided: March 21, 1927
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

GEORGETOWN NATIONAL BANK v. MCFARLAND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1927. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1926.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 273 U.S. 568
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.