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Ex parte CENTURY INDEMNITY CO. (1938)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte CENTURY INDEMNITY CO.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Decided: December 12, 1938
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

ex parte CENTURY INDEMNITY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1938.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 305 U.S. 354
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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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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