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CLEVELAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY (1879)

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CLEVELAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1878
Important Dates
Decided: March 3, 1879
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison 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.

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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.

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