INSURANCE COMPANY v. THWING (1872)

INSURANCE COMPANY v. THWING
	Term: 1871
Important Dates
	Argued: February 6, 1872
	Decided: March 18, 1872
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong
Dissenting
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Noah Haynes Swayne

INSURANCE COMPANY v. THWING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1872. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1872.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 80 U.S. 672
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.