AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. BETHLEHEM NATIONAL BANK et al. (1941) - Ballotpedia

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AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. BETHLEHEM NATIONAL BANK et al.

Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1941
Decided: December 8, 1941
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
James Byrnes • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. BETHLEHEM NATIONAL BANK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1941. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1941.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 314 U.S. 314
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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