GAZLAY v. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEE OF BROWN, BANKRUPT (1908)

GAZLAY v. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEE OF BROWN, BANKRUPT
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: March 11, 1908
	Decided: May 18, 1908
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

GAZLAY v. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEE OF BROWN, BANKRUPT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1908. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1908.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 210 U.S. 41
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.