MCCANDLESS, RECEIVER, v. FURLAUD et al. (1935) - Ballotpedia

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MCCANDLESS, RECEIVER, v. FURLAUD et al.

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1935
Decided: November 11, 1935
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Harlan Fiske Stone • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland

MCCANDLESS, RECEIVER, v. FURLAUD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1935. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1935.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 296 U.S. 140
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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.

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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