CAPITAL TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR OF ARNOLD, v. CALHOUN (1919)

CAPITAL TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR OF ARNOLD, v. CALHOUN
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: May 2, 1919
	Decided: June 2, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	Oliver Wendell Holmes

CAPITAL TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR OF ARNOLD, v. CALHOUN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1919. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1919.

In an 8-0 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 208
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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.