CAPLIN, TRUSTEE v. MARINE MIDLAND GRACE TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK (1972)

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CAPLIN, TRUSTEE v. MARINE MIDLAND GRACE TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1972
Decided: May 22, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Byron White

CAPLIN, TRUSTEE v. MARINE MIDLAND GRACE TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1972. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1972.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 406 U.S. 416
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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