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MATTER OF HARRIS, BANKRUPT (1911)

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MATTER OF HARRIS, BANKRUPT |
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Term: 1910 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 28, 1911 |
Decided: May 15, 1911 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
MATTER OF HARRIS, BANKRUPT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1911. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1911.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.
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: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 221 U.S. 274
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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