DOYLE v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY (1877) - Ballotpedia

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DOYLE v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Term: 1876
Important Dates
Decided: March 19, 1877
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne

DOYLE v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1877.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 94 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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt

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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