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EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BANK v. HAHN ET UX. (1945)

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EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BANK v. HAHN ET UX.
Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1945
Decided: November 5, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge

EAST NEW YORK SAVINGS BANK v. HAHN ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1945. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1945.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 326 U.S. 230
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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