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COMSTOCK v. GROUP OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ET AL. (1948)
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| COMSTOCK v. GROUP OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ET AL. |
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| Term: 1947 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 9, 1948 |
| Decided: June 21, 1948 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
COMSTOCK v. GROUP OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1948. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1948.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Missouri Eastern 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: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Investor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 335 U.S. 211
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson
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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