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KNEELAND v. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. (1891)

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KNEELAND v. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. |
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Term: 1890 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 29, 1891 |
Decided: March 2, 1891 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
KNEELAND v. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1891. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1891.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
- Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 138 U.S. 509
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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