BAIN PEANUT COMPANY OF TEXAS et al. v. PINSON et al. (1931)

BAIN PEANUT COMPANY OF TEXAS et al. v. PINSON et al.
	Term: 1930
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1931
	Decided: February 24, 1931
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

BAIN PEANUT COMPANY OF TEXAS et al. v. PINSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1931. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1931.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial 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: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Private person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 282 U.S. 499
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.