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VANSTON BONDHOLDERS PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE v. GREEN ET AL.

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1946
Decided: December 9, 1946
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

VANSTON BONDHOLDERS PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE v. GREEN ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1946. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1946.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 329 U.S. 156
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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