SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION v. MCCLELLAN, TRUSTEE (1960)

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION v. MCCLELLAN, TRUSTEE
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1960
Decided: December 5, 1960
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION v. MCCLELLAN, TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1960. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1960.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: Small Business Administration
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 364 U.S. 446
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.

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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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