MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. PACIFIC COAL & OIL CO. et al. (1941) - Ballotpedia

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MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. PACIFIC COAL & OIL CO. et al.

Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1941
Decided: February 3, 1941
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. PACIFIC COAL & OIL CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1941. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1941.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Northern 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: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 312 U.S. 270
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Frank Murphy

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

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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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