NEW ORLEANS v. CITIZENS' BANK (1897)

NEW ORLEANS v. CITIZENS' BANK
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1897
	Decided: May 24, 1897
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

NEW ORLEANS v. CITIZENS' BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1897.

In a 6-3 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 Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Louisiana
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 167 U.S. 371
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: Edward Douglass White

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.