MAGGIO v. ZEITZ, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY (1948) - Ballotpedia

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MAGGIO v. ZEITZ, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1947
Decided: February 9, 1948
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Wiley Rutledge

MAGGIO v. ZEITZ, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 9, 1948. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1947.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
Petitioner: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 333 U.S. 56
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: Robert Jackson

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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