STUART v. HAYDEN. (1898)

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STUART v. HAYDEN.
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1897
Decided: January 10, 1898
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

STUART v. HAYDEN. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1898. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1897.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 169 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: 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 unspecifiable.

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