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UNITED STATES v. BEKINS et al., TRUSTEES, et al.

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: April 7, 1938
Decided: April 25, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

UNITED STATES v. BEKINS et al., TRUSTEES, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1938. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1938.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 304 U.S. 27
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.

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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