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ABRAMS et al. v. VAN SCHAICK, SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE, et al. (1934)

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ABRAMS et al. v. VAN SCHAICK, SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE, et al. |
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Term: 1934 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 12, 1934 |
Decided: November 19, 1934 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter |
ABRAMS et al. v. VAN SCHAICK, SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1934. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1934.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 293 U.S. 188
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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