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LEIMAN ET AL. v. GUTTMAN ET AL. (1949)

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LEIMAN ET AL. v. GUTTMAN ET AL.
Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1948
Decided: January 17, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson

LEIMAN ET AL. v. GUTTMAN ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1949. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1948.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 336 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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