Veazie Bank v. Fenno

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Veazie Bank v. Fenno was an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a federal tax on state banknotes, effectively strengthening federal control over the national currency system.

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instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case
United States federal courts case
legal case
hasAreaOfLaw banking law
constitutional law
tax law
hasChiefJustice Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED
hasCitation 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 533
hasConstitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED
hasContext Civil War and post–Civil War financial legislation
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED
hasDateDecided 1869
hasDecisionStatus good law as of 2024
hasDecisionType majority opinion
hasEffect discouraged issuance of state banknotes
strengthened federal control over the national currency system
upheld a federal tax on state banknotes
hasEra Reconstruction era
hasGeographicScope United States nationwide
hasHolding A federal tax on state banknotes is constitutional
Congress has broad power over the national currency
Congress may impose a tax on state banknotes
The federal government may discourage circulation of state banknotes through taxation
hasJurisdiction federal jurisdiction
hasLanguage English
hasLegalBasis Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED
Taxing and Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED
hasLegalIssue relationship between federal and state monetary powers
scope of congressional taxing power
hasLevelOfCourt court of last resort
hasOutcome federal government’s monetary authority affirmed
hasParties Fenno NERFINISHED
Veazie Bank NERFINISHED
hasPrecedentFor congressional power to use taxation to achieve regulatory ends
hasPublication United States Reports NERFINISHED
hasRelatedConcept national bank notes
state-chartered banks
hasRelatedLegislation National Bank Acts NERFINISHED
hasSubject federal taxation power
federalism in the United States
national currency system
state banknotes
hasVolume 75 U.S.
hasWallaceCitation 8 Wall. 533

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Chase Court notableCase Veazie Bank v. Fenno