CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCAMMON & OTHERS (1886) - Ballotpedia

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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCAMMON & OTHERS

Term: 1885
Important Dates
Decided: April 12, 1886
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
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

CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCAMMON & OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1886.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 117 U.S. 634
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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

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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