HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO., et al. v. CALIFORNIA et al. (1993)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO., et al. v. CALIFORNIA et al.
	Term: 1992
Important Dates
	Argued: February 23, 1993
	Decided: June 28, 1993
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO., et al. v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1993. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1993.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: California
Citation: 509 U.S. 764
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: Antonin Scalia

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.