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CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, AND TRUSTEE OF RHEINSTROM, v. LUEDERS (1915)

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CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, AND TRUSTEE OF RHEINSTROM, v. LUEDERS |
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Term: 1915 |
Important Dates |
Decided: October 25, 1915 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, AND TRUSTEE OF RHEINSTROM, v. LUEDERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 25, 1915.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
- Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 239 U.S. 11
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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