INSURANCE COMPANY v. TWEED (1869)

INSURANCE COMPANY v. TWEED
	Term: 1868
Important Dates
	Argued: January 5, 1869
	Decided: January 25, 1869
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

INSURANCE COMPANY v. TWEED is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 25, 1869. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1869.

In an 8-0 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 Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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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: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 74 U.S. 44
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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.