CLAFLIN & OTHERS v. COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY (1884)

CLAFLIN & OTHERS v. COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY
	Term: 1883
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1883
	Decided: January 14, 1884
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

CLAFLIN & OTHERS v. COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1884. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1883.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 110 U.S. 81
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: Stanley Matthews

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.