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THOMAS v. MATTHIESSEN (1914)

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THOMAS v. MATTHIESSEN
Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1914
Decided: February 2, 1914
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-1
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Edward Douglass White

THOMAS v. MATTHIESSEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1914. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1914.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 232 U.S. 221
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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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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