HERGET, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. (1945) - Ballotpedia

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HERGET, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1945
Decided: January 29, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

HERGET, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1945. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1945.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 324 U.S. 4
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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

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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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