HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N. A. (2000)

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HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N. A.
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 2000
Decided: May 30, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNION PLANTERS BANK, N. A. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 2000. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 2000.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 530 U.S. 1
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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