LONDON ASSURANCE v. COMPANHIA DE MOAGENS DO BARREIRO (1897)

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LONDON ASSURANCE v. COMPANHIA DE MOAGENS DO BARREIRO
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1897
Decided: May 10, 1897
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

LONDON ASSURANCE v. COMPANHIA DE MOAGENS DO BARREIRO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1897. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District 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: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 167 U.S. 149
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.

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