UNITED STATES v. CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK et al. (1974)

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UNITED STATES v. CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK et al.
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1974
Decided: June 26, 1974
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1974.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 418 U.S. 656
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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