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HOLYOKE WATER POWER CO. v. AMERICAN WRITING PAPER CO.

Term: 1936
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1936
Decided: March 1, 1937
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

HOLYOKE WATER POWER CO. v. AMERICAN WRITING PAPER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1937. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1936.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 300 U.S. 324
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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