BORCHARD et al. v. CALIFORNIA BANK et al. (1940)

BORCHARD et al. v. CALIFORNIA BANK et al.
	Term: 1939
Important Dates
	Argued: April 30, 1940
	Decided: May 20, 1940
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

BORCHARD et al. v. CALIFORNIA BANK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1940. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1940.

In a 9-0 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 California Southern 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: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 310 U.S. 311
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.