Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK v. REPUBLIC OF CHINA et al. (1955)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK v. REPUBLIC OF CHINA et al.
Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1954
Decided: March 7, 1955
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
4-3
Majority
Hugo BlackFelix FrankfurterSherman MintonEarl Warren
Dissenting
Harold BurtonTom ClarkStanley Reed

NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK v. REPUBLIC OF CHINA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1955. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1954.

In a 4-3 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 348 U.S. 356
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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

Footnotes