MACGREGOR, EXECUTOR, v. STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. (1942) - Ballotpedia

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MACGREGOR, EXECUTOR, v. STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: February 2, 1942
Decided: February 16, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

MACGREGOR, EXECUTOR, v. STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1942. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1942.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 315 U.S. 280
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

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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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