CONNECTICUT RAILWAY & LIGHTING CO. v. PALMER et al., TRUSTEE (1939)

CONNECTICUT RAILWAY & LIGHTING CO. v. PALMER et al., TRUSTEE
	Term: 1938
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1938
	Decided: January 3, 1939
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

CONNECTICUT RAILWAY & LIGHTING CO. v. PALMER et al., TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1939. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1938.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Connecticut 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 305 U.S. 493
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: Stanley Reed

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.