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WESTERN NATIONAL BANK v. ARMSTRONG (1893)

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WESTERN NATIONAL BANK v. ARMSTRONG
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: February 2, 1893
Decided: March 12, 1893
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

WESTERN NATIONAL BANK v. ARMSTRONG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1893. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1893.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 152 U.S. 346
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: George Shiras

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 unspecifiable.

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