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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCHAEFER (1877)

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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCHAEFER
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Argued: April 13, 1877
Decided: April 30, 1877
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCHAEFER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1877. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 94 U.S. 457
  • 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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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