MARYLAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. LE ROY, BAYARD & M'EVERS (1812) - Ballotpedia

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MARYLAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. LE ROY, BAYARD & M'EVERS

Term: 1812
Important Dates
Argued: February 11, 1812
Decided: February 22, 1812
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

MARYLAND INSURANCE COMPANY v. LE ROY, BAYARD & M'EVERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1812. The case was argued before the court on February 11, 1812.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 11 U.S. 26
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: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Johnson Jr.

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

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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