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AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY v. PAULY, 170 U.S. 160 (April 18, 1898)

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AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY v. PAULY
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1898
Decided: April 18, 1898
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKenna
Dissenting
Rufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY v. PAULY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1898. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1898.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 170 U.S. 160
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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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