IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al. (1987)

IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al.
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 1986
	Decided: February 24, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1986.

In an 8-1 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 Montana U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 480 U.S. 9
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.