UNION TRUST COMPANY, AND SECURITY WAREHOUSING COMPANY v. WILSON (1905)

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UNION TRUST COMPANY, AND SECURITY WAREHOUSING COMPANY v. WILSON
Term: 1904
Important Dates
Decided: May 29, 1905
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-3
Majority
Henry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayJohn Marshall Harlan

UNION TRUST COMPANY, AND SECURITY WAREHOUSING COMPANY v. WILSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1905.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 198 U.S. 530
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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