KATCHEN v. LANDY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY (1966) - Ballotpedia

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KATCHEN v. LANDY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY

Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1965
Decided: January 17, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

KATCHEN v. LANDY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1965.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
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: 382 U.S. 323
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.

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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