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In re WOOD AND HENDERSON (1908)
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| in re WOOD AND HENDERSON |
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| Term: 1907 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: May 18, 1908 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| David Josiah Brewer • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
in re WOOD AND HENDERSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1908.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Colorado 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: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 210 U.S. 246
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day
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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