TEXAS et al. v. DONOGHUE, TRUSTEE (1937) - Ballotpedia

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TEXAS et al. v. DONOGHUE, TRUSTEE

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1937
Decided: December 6, 1937
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland
Dissenting
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Harlan Fiske Stone

TEXAS et al. v. DONOGHUE, TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1937. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1937.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 302 U.S. 284
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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