LAMBORN et al. v. THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE OF NORFOLK (1928)

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LAMBORN et al. v. THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE OF NORFOLK
Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1928
Decided: April 9, 1928
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge Sutherland

LAMBORN et al. v. THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE OF NORFOLK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1928. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1928.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 276 U.S. 469
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: 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 unspecifiable.

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