HANOVER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HARDING, COUNTY TREASURER (1926)

HANOVER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HARDING, COUNTY TREASURER
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: October 18, 1926
	Decided: November 23, 1926
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

HANOVER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HARDING, COUNTY TREASURER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1926. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1926.

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. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
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: Illinois
Citation: 272 U.S. 494
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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.