HOLT et al. v. ALLEGHANY CORP. et al. (1966)

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HOLT et al. v. ALLEGHANY CORP. et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: March 21, 1966
Decided: April 18, 1966
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
4-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Byron White

HOLT et al. v. ALLEGHANY CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1966. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 1966.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 384 U.S. 28
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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