INLAND WATERWAYS CORP. et al. v. YOUNG, RECEIVER (1940) - Ballotpedia

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INLAND WATERWAYS CORP. et al. v. YOUNG, RECEIVER

Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1939
Decided: March 25, 1940
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
4-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts

INLAND WATERWAYS CORP. et al. v. YOUNG, RECEIVER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1940. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1939.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 309 U.S. 517
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: Felix Frankfurter

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.

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External links

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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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