CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION INTER-INSURANCE BUREAU v. MALONEY, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER (1951)

CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION INTER-INSURANCE BUREAU v. MALONEY, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: March 8, 1951
	Decided: April 23, 1951
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
	Hugo Black

CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION INTER-INSURANCE BUREAU v. MALONEY, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1951. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1951.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: California
Citation: 341 U.S. 105
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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.