SHELBY COUNTY v. UNION AND PLANTERS' BANK (1896)

SHELBY COUNTY v. UNION AND PLANTERS' BANK
	Term: 1895
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1896
	Decided: March 2, 1896
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras
Dissenting
	Edward Douglass White

SHELBY COUNTY v. UNION AND PLANTERS' BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1896. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1896.

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 Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 161 U.S. 149
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.