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AVERY v. CLEARY (1890)
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| AVERY v. CLEARY |
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| Term: 1889 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 13, 1889 |
| Decided: January 6, 1890 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
AVERY v. CLEARY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1890. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1889.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 132 U.S. 604
- 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: John Marshall Harlan
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.
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