GREAT NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. READ, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER (1944)

GREAT NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. READ, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
	Term: 1943
Important Dates
	Argued: January 31, 1944
	Decided: April 24, 1944
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

GREAT NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. READ, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1944. The case was argued before the court on January 31, 1944.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Oklahoma
Citation: 322 U.S. 47
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.