AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. (1932) - Ballotpedia

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AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.

Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: January 25, 1932
Decided: March 14, 1932
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1932. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1932.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 285 U.S. 209
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: 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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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