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JEFFERSON BRANCH BANK VS. SKELLY (1862)

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JEFFERSON BRANCH BANK VS. SKELLY
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: March 5, 1862
Decided: March 17, 1862
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

JEFFERSON BRANCH BANK VS. SKELLY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1862. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1862.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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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: Ohio
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 436
  • 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: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: James Moore Wayne

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.

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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
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