REYNOLDS v. CRAWFORDSVILLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK (1884)

REYNOLDS v. CRAWFORDSVILLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Decided: November 24, 1884
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

REYNOLDS v. CRAWFORDSVILLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 24, 1884.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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 - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 112 U.S. 405
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Burnham Woods

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.