JOHNSON v. MANHATTAN RAILWAY CO. et al. (1933)

JOHNSON v. MANHATTAN RAILWAY CO. et al.
	Term: 1932
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1933
	Decided: May 29, 1933
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
	Pierce Butler

JOHNSON v. MANHATTAN RAILWAY CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1933. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1933.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 289 U.S. 479
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.