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FREDERIC L. GRANT SHOE COMPANY v. W. M. LAIRD COMPANY

Term: 1906
Important Dates
Argued: October 26, 1906
Decided: December 17, 1906
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

FREDERIC L. GRANT SHOE COMPANY v. W. M. LAIRD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1906. The case was argued before the court on October 26, 1906.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Western 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: 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: 203 U.S. 502
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: Edward Douglass White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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