OWNBEY v. MORGAN et al., EXECUTORS OF MORGAN (1921)

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OWNBEY v. MORGAN et al., EXECUTORS OF MORGAN
Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: November 18, 1920
Decided: April 11, 1921
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
James Clark McReynolds
Dissenting
John Hessin Clarke • Edward Douglass White

OWNBEY v. MORGAN et al., EXECUTORS OF MORGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1921. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1920.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Delaware State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 256 U.S. 94
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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: Mahlon Pitney

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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