HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WARREN (1901)

HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WARREN
	Term: 1900
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 1901
	Decided: April 8, 1901
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WARREN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1901. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

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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: 181 U.S. 73
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.