KELLEY et al. v. EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DISTRICT (1943) - Ballotpedia

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KELLEY et al. v. EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DISTRICT

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Decided: June 1, 1943
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black

KELLEY et al. v. EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1943.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Southern 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: 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: 319 U.S. 415
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

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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