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ATLAS LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. W. I. SOUTHERN, INC. (1939)

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ATLAS LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. W. I. SOUTHERN, INC.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Decided: April 17, 1939
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

ATLAS LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. W. I. SOUTHERN, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1939.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Oklahoma Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 306 U.S. 563
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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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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