BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. v. ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT & LIABILITY INS. CO. (1939) - Ballotpedia

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BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. v. ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT & LIABILITY INS. CO.

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: February 9, 1939
Decided: May 22, 1939
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone

BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. v. ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT & LIABILITY INS. CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1939. The case was argued before the court on February 9, 1939.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 307 U.S. 265
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Hugo Black

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 unspecifiable.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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