MANSON v. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF HUDSON CLOTHING COMPANY (1909)

MANSON v. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF HUDSON CLOTHING COMPANY
	Term: 1908
Important Dates
	Argued: April 20, 1909
	Decided: May 3, 1909
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

MANSON v. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF HUDSON CLOTHING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1909. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1909.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine U.S. Circuit for the District of Maine.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 213 U.S. 453
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.