TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT COMPANY v. HILL et al., EXECUTORS OF KIRK (1917)

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT COMPANY v. HILL et al., EXECUTORS OF KIRK
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: April 23, 1917
	Decided: May 21, 1917
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

TOLEDO RAILWAYS & LIGHT COMPANY v. HILL et al., EXECUTORS OF KIRK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1917. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1917.

In a 9-0 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 244 U.S. 49
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Edward Douglass White

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.