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FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY v. PENN PLATE GLASS COMPANY (1902)

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FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY v. PENN PLATE GLASS COMPANY |
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Term: 1901 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 24, 1902 |
Decided: June 2, 1902 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY v. PENN PLATE GLASS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1902. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1902.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
- Petitioner: Debtor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 186 U.S. 434
- 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham
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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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