SECURITY MORTGAGE COMPANY v. POWERS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY (1928) - Ballotpedia

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SECURITY MORTGAGE COMPANY v. POWERS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1928
Decided: December 10, 1928
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

SECURITY MORTGAGE COMPANY v. POWERS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1928. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1928.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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

About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 278 U.S. 149
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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