DE LA VERGNE REFRIGERATING MACHINE COMPANY v. GERMAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION (1899)

DE LA VERGNE REFRIGERATING MACHINE COMPANY v. GERMAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Argued: April 7, 1899
	Decided: November 30, 1899
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Joseph McKenna

DE LA VERGNE REFRIGERATING MACHINE COMPANY v. GERMAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1899. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1899.

In a 7-2 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 Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 175 U.S. 40
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

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.