UNITED STATES v. THIRD NATIONAL BANK IN NASHVILLE et al. (1968)

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UNITED STATES v. THIRD NATIONAL BANK IN NASHVILLE et al.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1967
Decided: March 4, 1968
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. THIRD NATIONAL BANK IN NASHVILLE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1968. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1967.

In a 5-2 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 Tennessee Middle 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: 390 U.S. 171
  • 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: Byron White

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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