Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

IOWA-DES MOINES NATIONAL BANK v. BENNETT, CHAIRMAN, et al. (1931)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
IOWA-DES MOINES NATIONAL BANK v. BENNETT, CHAIRMAN, et al.
Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1930
Decided: December 14, 1931
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

IOWA-DES MOINES NATIONAL BANK v. BENNETT, CHAIRMAN, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1931. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1930.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 284 U.S. 239
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=IOWA-DES_MOINES_NATIONAL_BANK_v._BENNETT,_CHAIRMAN,_et_al._(1931)&oldid=9495288"