TENNESSEE v. UNION AND PLANTERS' BANK. (1894)

TENNESSEE v. UNION AND PLANTERS' BANK.
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1894
	Decided: March 19, 1894
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

TENNESSEE v. UNION AND PLANTERS' BANK. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1894. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1894.

In an 8-0 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: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 152 U.S. 454
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: Horace Gray

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.