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STEWART v. PLATT (1879)

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STEWART v. PLATT
Term: 1879
Important Dates
Argued: November 21, 1879
Decided: December 22, 1879
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Morrison Waite
Concurring
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Noah Haynes Swayne

STEWART v. PLATT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1879. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1879.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 101 U.S. 731
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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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