COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH v. SMITH et al. (1924)

COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH v. SMITH et al.
	Term: 1924
Important Dates
	Argued: February 29, 1924
	Decided: November 17, 1924
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH v. SMITH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1924. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1924.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 266 U.S. 152
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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 liberal.