HALL, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS AND BANKING OF THE STATE OF OHIO (1917)

HALL, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS AND BANKING OF THE STATE OF OHIO
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1916
	Decided: January 22, 1917
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

HALL, SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS AND BANKING OF THE STATE OF OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1917. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1916.

In an 8-1 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 Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 242 U.S. 539
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.