INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SHERMAN (1923) - Ballotpedia

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INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SHERMAN

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: March 15, 1923
Decided: May 21, 1923
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SHERMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1923. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 262 U.S. 346
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.

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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