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CITY OF MORGANTOWN v. ROYAL INSURANCE CO., LTD.

Term: 1948
Important Dates
Argued: February 9, 1949
Decided: June 6, 1949
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Wiley Rutledge

CITY OF MORGANTOWN v. ROYAL INSURANCE CO., LTD. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1949. The case was argued before the court on February 9, 1949.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia West Virginia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: West Virginia
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 337 U.S. 254
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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