SCOTTEN v. LITTLEFIELD, TRUSTEE OF BROWN, BANKRUPT (1914)

SCOTTEN v. LITTLEFIELD, TRUSTEE OF BROWN, BANKRUPT
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Decided: December 14, 1914
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SCOTTEN v. LITTLEFIELD, TRUSTEE OF BROWN, BANKRUPT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1914.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 235 U.S. 407
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.