KNEELAND v. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. (1890) - Ballotpedia

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KNEELAND v. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.

Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: April 3, 1890
Decided: May 19, 1890
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley

KNEELAND v. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1890. The case was argued before the court on April 3, 1890.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 136 U.S. 89
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: David Josiah Brewer

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

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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