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BOOGHER v. INSURANCE COMPANY (1880)

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BOOGHER v. INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Argued: October 29, 1880
Decided: December 6, 1880
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

BOOGHER v. INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1880. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1880.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 90
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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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