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AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. FRANCE et al. (1876)
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| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. FRANCE et al. |
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| Term: 1875 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 1, 1876 |
| Decided: February 14, 1876 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. FRANCE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1876. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1876.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 91 U.S. 510
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt
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.
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