DURYEA POWER COMPANY, BANKRUPT, v. STERNBERGH (1910)

DURYEA POWER COMPANY, BANKRUPT, v. STERNBERGH
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: November 2, 1910
	Decided: November 14, 1910
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Edward Douglass White

DURYEA POWER COMPANY, BANKRUPT, v. STERNBERGH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1910. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1910.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 218 U.S. 299
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.