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TRADESMENS NATIONAL BANK OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION (1940)

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TRADESMENS NATIONAL BANK OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION
Term: 1939
Important Dates
Decided: March 25, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterCharles Evans HughesFrank MurphyStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone

TRADESMENS NATIONAL BANK OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1940.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

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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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 309 U.S. 560
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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.

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