SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL BANK v. DODGE (1905)

SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL BANK v. DODGE
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 1904
	Decided: February 27, 1905
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL BANK v. DODGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1905. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1904.

In a 5-4 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 California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: intergovernmental tax immunity
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: California
Citation: 197 U.S. 70
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 conservative.