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UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY v. BRAY

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1911
Decided: May 27, 1912
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY v. BRAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1912. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1911.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 225 U.S. 205
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Willis Van Devanter

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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