UNITED STATES v. CHASE NATIONAL BANK (1920)

UNITED STATES v. CHASE NATIONAL BANK
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1920
	Decided: April 19, 1920
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	John Hessin Clarke

UNITED STATES v. CHASE NATIONAL BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1920.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 252 U.S. 485
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.