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KEPPEL v. TIFFIN SAVINGS BANK (1905)

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KEPPEL v. TIFFIN SAVINGS BANK
Term: 1904
Important Dates
Argued: January 6, 1905
Decided: April 3, 1905
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
5-4
Majority
Melville Weston FullerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayJohn Marshall Harlan

KEPPEL v. TIFFIN SAVINGS BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1905. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1905.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 197 U.S. 356
  • 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: Edward Douglass 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 conservative.

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