THE MONTANA NATIONAL BANK OF BILLINGS v. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY OF MONTANA et al. (1928)

THE MONTANA NATIONAL BANK OF BILLINGS v. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY OF MONTANA et al.
	Term: 1927
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1928
	Decided: April 9, 1928
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

THE MONTANA NATIONAL BANK OF BILLINGS v. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY OF MONTANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1928. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Montana
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Montana
Citation: 276 U.S. 499
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: George Sutherland

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.