GREEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF SCHWAB-KEPNER COMPANY, v. DOCKENDORFF (1913)

GREEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF SCHWAB-KEPNER COMPANY, v. DOCKENDORFF
	Term: 1913
Important Dates
	Argued: December 2, 1913
	Decided: December 15, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

GREEY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF SCHWAB-KEPNER COMPANY, v. DOCKENDORFF is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1913. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey 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: 231 U.S. 513
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.