ALLIS v. INSURANCE COMPANY (1878)

ALLIS v. INSURANCE COMPANY
	Term: 1877
Important Dates
	Argued: May 3, 1878
	Decided: May 13, 1878
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

ALLIS v. INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1878. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1878.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 97 U.S. 144
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.