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STATE BANK OF HARDINSBURG v. BROWN ET UX. (1942)
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| STATE BANK OF HARDINSBURG v. BROWN ET UX. |
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| Term: 1942 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 16, 1942 |
| Decided: November 16, 1942 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy |
STATE BANK OF HARDINSBURG v. BROWN ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1942. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1942.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 317 U.S. 135
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts
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 conservative.
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