LA TOURETTE v. MCMASTER, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1919)

LA TOURETTE v. MCMASTER, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Decided: January 20, 1919
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

LA TOURETTE v. MCMASTER, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 248 U.S. 465
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.