CLAY v. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED (1960) - Ballotpedia

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CLAY v. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1960
Decided: June 13, 1960
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

CLAY v. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1960. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 363 U.S. 207
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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