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HATHAWAY v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBRIDGE (1890)

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HATHAWAY v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBRIDGE
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1890
Decided: March 31, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

HATHAWAY v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBRIDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 134 U.S. 494
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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 unspecifiable.

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