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HULL v. DICKS (1915)
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| HULL v. DICKS |
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| Term: 1914 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 12, 1914 |
| Decided: January 5, 1915 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
HULL v. DICKS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1915. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1914.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Georgia 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: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 235 U.S. 584
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Joseph Rucker Lamar
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.
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