DONALD NEAL RAKE, et al. v. WILLIAM J. WADE, TRUSTEE (1993)

DONALD NEAL RAKE, et al. v. WILLIAM J. WADE, TRUSTEE
	Term: 1992
Important Dates
	Argued: March 22, 1993
	Decided: June 7, 1993
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White

DONALD NEAL RAKE, et al. v. WILLIAM J. WADE, TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1993. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1993.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Northern 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: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 508 U.S. 464
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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.