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VEAZIE BANK v. FENNO (1869)

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VEAZIE BANK v. FENNO
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1869
Decided: December 13, 1869
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-2
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
David Davis • Samuel Nelson

VEAZIE BANK v. FENNO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1869. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1869.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Maine U.S. Circuit for the District of Maine.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 75 U.S. 533
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase

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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