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NATIONAL BANK v. BANK OF COMMERCE (1879)

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NATIONAL BANK v. BANK OF COMMERCE |
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Term: 1878 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 17, 1879 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
NATIONAL BANK v. BANK OF COMMERCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1879.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 99 U.S. 608
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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