UNITED STATES v. PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK et al. (1963)

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UNITED STATES v. PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK et al.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1963
Decided: June 17, 1963
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Arthur Goldberg
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1963. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1963.

In a 6-2 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 Pennsylvania Eastern 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: 374 U.S. 321
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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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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