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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SPRATLEY (1899)

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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SPRATLEY
Term: 1898
Important Dates
Decided: January 30, 1899
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SPRATLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 30, 1899.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 172 U.S. 602
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.

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