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AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CO. v. STARNES (1976)

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AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CO. v. STARNES
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1976
Decided: May 19, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CO. v. STARNES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1976. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1976.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Appellate Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Resident
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 425 U.S. 637
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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