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CLEVELAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY (1879)

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CLEVELAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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Term: 1878 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 3, 1879 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
7-1 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
Dissenting |
Nathan Clifford |
CLEVELAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1879.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: Debtor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 98 U.S. 366
- 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: Morrison Waite
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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