SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA (1929)

SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: October 24, 1929
	Decided: November 25, 1929
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Oliver Wendell Holmes

SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 25, 1929. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1929.

In an 8-1 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 Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 280 U.S. 83
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.