CALLAGHAN et al., RECEIVERS, v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP. (1936)

CALLAGHAN et al., RECEIVERS, v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP.
	Term: 1935
Important Dates
	Argued: February 13, 1936
	Decided: March 2, 1936
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

CALLAGHAN et al., RECEIVERS, v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1936. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1936.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 297 U.S. 464
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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.