SPENCER v. DUPLAN SILK COMPANY (1903)

SPENCER v. DUPLAN SILK COMPANY
	Term: 1903
Important Dates
	Argued: December 7, 1903
	Decided: December 21, 1903
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

SPENCER v. DUPLAN SILK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1903. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1903.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 191 U.S. 526
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.