AMERICAN MILLS COMPANY v. AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK (1922)

AMERICAN MILLS COMPANY v. AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: November 24, 1922
	Decided: December 11, 1922
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

AMERICAN MILLS COMPANY v. AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1922. The case was argued before the court on November 24, 1922.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 260 U.S. 360
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: William Howard Taft

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.