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AUTEN v. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK (1899)

| AUTEN v. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK |
|---|
| Term: 1898 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 9, 1899 |
| Decided: April 24, 1899 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
AUTEN v. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1899. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1899.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
- Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 174 U.S. 125
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- 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: Joseph McKenna
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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