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LANDER v. MERCANTILE BANK (1902)

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LANDER v. MERCANTILE BANK
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1902
Decided: June 2, 1902
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

LANDER v. MERCANTILE BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1902. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1902.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Ohio
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 186 U.S. 458
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: 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.

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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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