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INSURANCE COMPANY v. THE TREASURER (1871)

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INSURANCE COMPANY v. THE TREASURER
Term: 1870
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1871
Decided: March 27, 1871
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

INSURANCE COMPANY v. THE TREASURER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1871. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1871.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 78 U.S. 204
  • 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: Joseph Bradley

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 conservative.

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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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