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FIDELITY UNION TRUST CO. et al., EXECUTORS, v. FIELD (1940)

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FIDELITY UNION TRUST CO. et al., EXECUTORS, v. FIELD
Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1940
Decided: December 9, 1940
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

FIDELITY UNION TRUST CO. et al., EXECUTORS, v. FIELD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1940. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1940.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 311 U.S. 169
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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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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