BEDFORD v. EASTERN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION (1901)

BEDFORD v. EASTERN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
	Term: 1900
Important Dates
	Argued: January 30, 1901
	Decided: April 22, 1901
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

BEDFORD v. EASTERN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1901. The case was argued before the court on January 30, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 181 U.S. 227
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.