AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY v. HYDE (1928) - Ballotpedia

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AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY v. HYDE

Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 1927
Decided: January 3, 1928
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY v. HYDE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1928. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1927.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 275 U.S. 440
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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

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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