KOSTER v. (AMERICAN) LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO. (1947) - Ballotpedia

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KOSTER v. (AMERICAN) LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: December 19, 1946
Decided: March 10, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge

KOSTER v. (AMERICAN) LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1947. The case was argued before the court on December 19, 1946.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 330 U.S. 518
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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 liberal.

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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