MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, v. CITY OF RICHMOND (1921)

MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, v. CITY OF RICHMOND
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: March 21, 1921
	Decided: June 6, 1921
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis

MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, v. CITY OF RICHMOND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1921. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1921.

In a 7-1 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 Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 256 U.S. 635
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Mahlon Pitney

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.