CONCORDIA FIRE INSURANCE CO. v. ILLINOIS (1934) - Ballotpedia

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CONCORDIA FIRE INSURANCE CO. v. ILLINOIS

Term: 1933
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1933
Decided: June 4, 1934
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Harlan Fiske Stone

CONCORDIA FIRE INSURANCE CO. v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1934. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1933.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 292 U.S. 535
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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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