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THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. et al.

Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1940
Decided: March 25, 1940
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1940. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1940.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 309 U.S. 478
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: Hugo Black

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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External links

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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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