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FURST AND THOMAS, PARTNERS, v. BREWSTER et al.

Term: 1930
Important Dates
Argued: January 27, 1931
Decided: February 24, 1931
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

FURST AND THOMAS, PARTNERS, v. BREWSTER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1931. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1931.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 282 U.S. 493
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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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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