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NATIONAL BANK v. COUNTY OF YANKTON (1880)

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NATIONAL BANK v. COUNTY OF YANKTON |
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Term: 1879 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 20, 1880 |
Decided: May 10, 1880 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
NATIONAL BANK v. COUNTY OF YANKTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1880. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1880.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Dakota Territorial Trial Court.
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: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
- Respondent state: South Dakota
- Citation: 101 U.S. 129
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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