UNION TRUST COMPANY v. GROSMAN et al. (1918) - Ballotpedia

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UNION TRUST COMPANY v. GROSMAN et al.

Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: December 20, 1917
Decided: January 7, 1918
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

UNION TRUST COMPANY v. GROSMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1918. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person who guarantees another's obligations
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 412
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 conservative.

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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