FIRSTIER MORTGAGE COMPANY, AKA REALBANC, INC. v. INVESTORS MORTGAGE INSURANCE COMPANY (1991)

FIRSTIER MORTGAGE COMPANY, AKA REALBANC, INC. v. INVESTORS MORTGAGE INSURANCE COMPANY
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 1990
	Decided: January 15, 1991
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy

FIRSTIER MORTGAGE COMPANY, AKA REALBANC, INC. v. INVESTORS MORTGAGE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1991. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1990.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 498 U.S. 269
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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 liberal.