INGRAM-DAY LUMBER COMPANY v. MCLOUTH (1928) - Ballotpedia

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INGRAM-DAY LUMBER COMPANY v. MCLOUTH

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1927
Decided: January 3, 1928
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

INGRAM-DAY LUMBER COMPANY v. MCLOUTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1928. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Forest products, lumber, or logging company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 275 U.S. 471
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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