CARROLL v. GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK (1905)

CARROLL v. GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
	Term: 1905
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 1905
	Decided: November 27, 1905
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	John Marshall Harlan

CARROLL v. GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1905. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1905.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

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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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 199 U.S. 401
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.