MERCANTILE TRUST & DEPOSIT COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. CITY OF COLUMBUS (1906)

MERCANTILE TRUST & DEPOSIT COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. CITY OF COLUMBUS
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: October 22, 1906
	Decided: December 3, 1906
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

MERCANTILE TRUST & DEPOSIT COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. CITY OF COLUMBUS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1906. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1906.

In an 8-0 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 Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Resident
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 203 U.S. 311
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.