HILL, ADMINISTRATOR, v. HAWES et al., TRUSTEE (1944)

HILL, ADMINISTRATOR, v. HAWES et al., TRUSTEE
	Term: 1943
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1943
	Decided: January 3, 1944
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
	Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone

HILL, ADMINISTRATOR, v. HAWES et al., TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1944. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1943.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 320 U.S. 520
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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.