GERMAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HALE (1911)

GERMAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HALE
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: November 29, 1910
	Decided: January 16, 1911
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

GERMAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HALE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1911. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Alabama.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

^[1]

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: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 219 U.S. 307
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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.