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HOME INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. DICK et al.

Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1930
Decided: May 5, 1930
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. DICK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1930. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1930.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 281 U.S. 397
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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