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WILSON v. NELSON (1901)
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| WILSON v. NELSON |
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| Term: 1901 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 20, 1901 |
| Decided: December 9, 1901 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Judgment of the court |
| Horace Gray |
| Majority |
| Henry Billings Brown • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras |
WILSON v. NELSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1901. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1901.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Wisconsin Western U.S. District Court.
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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: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 183 U.S. 191
- 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: Horace Gray
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.
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