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JAN HAMILTON, CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE v. STEPHANIE KAY LANNING (2010)
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| JAN HAMILTON, CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE v. STEPHANIE KAY LANNING |
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| Term: 2009 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 22, 2010 |
| Decided: June 7, 2010 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
| Dissenting |
| Antonin Scalia |
JAN HAMILTON, CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE v. STEPHANIE KAY LANNING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 2010. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 2010.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas 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: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 560 U.S. 505
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito
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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