ZARTMAN, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WATERLOO (1910)

ZARTMAN, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WATERLOO
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1910
	Decided: February 21, 1910
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

ZARTMAN, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WATERLOO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1910. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1910.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial 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: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 216 U.S. 134
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.