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INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOSLEY

Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1869
Decided: November 29, 1869
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • Samuel Nelson

INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOSLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1869. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1869.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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: Private Action - Evidence
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 75 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: Salmon Portland Chase
Who wrote the majority opinion: Noah Haynes Swayne

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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