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UNION NATIONAL BANK v. LAMB (1949)

| UNION NATIONAL BANK v. LAMB |
|---|
| Term: 1948 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 31, 1949 |
| Decided: May 16, 1949 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Wiley Rutledge |
UNION NATIONAL BANK v. LAMB is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1949. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1949.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Miscellaneous interstate relations conflict
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 337 U.S. 38
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas
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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
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