BLAKE, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. OPENHYM (1910) - Ballotpedia

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BLAKE, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. OPENHYM

Term: 1909
Important Dates
Decided: February 12, 1910
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

BLAKE, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. OPENHYM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 12, 1910.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

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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: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 216 U.S. 322
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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