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MANUFACTURERS TRUST CO., TRUSTEE, v. BECKER ET AL.

Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: October 20, 1949
Decided: November 21, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Harold Burton

MANUFACTURERS TRUST CO., TRUSTEE, v. BECKER ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1949. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1949.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York New York Southern 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: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 304
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: Tom Clark

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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