Ex parte SOUTHWESTERN SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER (1918)

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ex parte SOUTHWESTERN SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Decided: May 20, 1918
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ex parte SOUTHWESTERN SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1918.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the North Carolina Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 247 U.S. 19
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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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