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LOUISVILLE v. CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK. (1899)
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| LOUISVILLE v. CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK. |
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| Term: 1898 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 2, 1899 |
| Decided: May 15, 1899 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
LOUISVILLE v. CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1899. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1899.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Kentucky
- Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 174 U.S. 436
- 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: Edward Douglass White
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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