CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST CO. v. FORTY-ONE THIRTY-SIX WILCOX BLDG. CORP. (1937)

CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST CO. v. FORTY-ONE THIRTY-SIX WILCOX BLDG. CORP.
	Term: 1937
Important Dates
	Argued: October 21, 1937
	Decided: November 15, 1937
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Harlan Fiske Stone

CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST CO. v. FORTY-ONE THIRTY-SIX WILCOX BLDG. CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 15, 1937. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1937.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern 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: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 302 U.S. 120
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: George Sutherland

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.