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HORTON v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (1961)

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HORTON v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: May 3, 1961
Decided: June 12, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren

HORTON v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1961. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1961.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 367 U.S. 348
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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