WRAGG v. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS (1943) - Ballotpedia

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WRAGG v. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1942
Decided: January 4, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

WRAGG v. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1943. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1942.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Middle 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: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 317 U.S. 325
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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

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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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