THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISVILLE v. STONE, AUDITOR (1899)

THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISVILLE v. STONE, AUDITOR
	Term: 1898
Important Dates
	Argued: March 2, 1899
	Decided: May 15, 1899
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF LOUISVILLE v. STONE, AUDITOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1899. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1899.

In a 9-0 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 Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 174 U.S. 432
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.