LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENNESSEE v. MCCRAY (1934) - Ballotpedia

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LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENNESSEE v. MCCRAY

Term: 1933
Important Dates
Argued: February 5, 1934
Decided: March 5, 1934
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENNESSEE v. MCCRAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1934. The case was argued before the court on February 5, 1934.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas State Trial Court.

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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: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 291 U.S. 566
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

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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