SECURITY TRUST COMPANY v. DODD, MEAD & CO (1899)

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SECURITY TRUST COMPANY v. DODD, MEAD & CO |
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Term: 1898 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 23, 1899 |
Decided: April 11, 1899 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
SECURITY TRUST COMPANY v. DODD, MEAD & CO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1899. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1899.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
- Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 173 U.S. 624
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown
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 unspecifiable.
See also
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