ANDERSON, RECEIVER, v. YUNGKAU, EXECUTOR, ET AL. (1947)

ANDERSON, RECEIVER, v. YUNGKAU, EXECUTOR, ET AL.
	Term: 1946
Important Dates
	Argued: December 19, 1946
	Decided: January 13, 1947
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Wiley Rutledge

ANDERSON, RECEIVER, v. YUNGKAU, EXECUTOR, ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1947. The case was argued before the court on December 19, 1946.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 329 U.S. 482
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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 conservative.