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HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. ISSAC VAN DUZER (1870)

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HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. ISSAC VAN DUZER |
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Term: 1869 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 22, 1870 |
Decided: April 30, 1870 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. ISSAC VAN DUZER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1870. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1870.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: -
- Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 76 U.S. 784n
- 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: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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