MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK AT DALLAS v. LANGDEAU, RECEIVER (1963) - Ballotpedia

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MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK AT DALLAS v. LANGDEAU, RECEIVER

Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1962
Decided: January 21, 1963
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK AT DALLAS v. LANGDEAU, RECEIVER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1963. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1962.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 371 U.S. 555
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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