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WRIGHT v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. et al.

Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1940
Decided: December 9, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

WRIGHT v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1940. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1940.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Northern 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: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 311 U.S. 273
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: William Douglas

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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