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BAILEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF GRANT, v. BAKER ICE MACHINE COMPANY (1915)

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BAILEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF GRANT, v. BAKER ICE MACHINE COMPANY
Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 1915
Decided: November 29, 1915
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BAILEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF GRANT, v. BAKER ICE MACHINE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1915. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1915.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 239 U.S. 268
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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