INDIANA EX REL. ANDERSON v. BRAND, TRUSTEE (1938) - Ballotpedia

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INDIANA EX REL. ANDERSON v. BRAND, TRUSTEE

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1938
Decided: January 31, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black

INDIANA EX REL. ANDERSON v. BRAND, TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1938. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1938.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Indiana
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 303 U.S. 95
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: 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 conservative.

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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