KOTHE, TRUSTEE, v. R. C. TAYLOR TRUST (1930)

KOTHE, TRUSTEE, v. R. C. TAYLOR TRUST
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 1929
	Decided: January 6, 1930
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

KOTHE, TRUSTEE, v. R. C. TAYLOR TRUST is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1930. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1929.

In a 9-0 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 Massachusetts 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: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 280 U.S. 224
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.