CUMBERLAND GLASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. DE WITT AND COMPANY (1915)

CUMBERLAND GLASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. DE WITT AND COMPANY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1915
	Decided: May 10, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Douglass White

CUMBERLAND GLASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. DE WITT AND COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1915. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1915.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
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: 237 U.S. 447
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.