KIDD, DATER AND PRICE COMPANY v. MUSSELMAN GROCER COMPANY (1910)

KIDD, DATER AND PRICE COMPANY v. MUSSELMAN GROCER COMPANY
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: April 13, 1910
	Decided: May 16, 1910
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

KIDD, DATER AND PRICE COMPANY v. MUSSELMAN GROCER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1910. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 217 U.S. 461
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 liberal.