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AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF SALGUE (1913)

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AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF SALGUE |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 3, 1913 |
Decided: December 22, 1913 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
Mahlon Pitney |
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF SALGUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1913. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1913.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.
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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: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 231 U.S. 543
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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