MCGEE v. INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (1957) - Ballotpedia

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MCGEE v. INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1957
Decided: December 16, 1957
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

MCGEE v. INTERNATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1957. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1957.

In an 8-0 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 Texas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Out of state noncriminal defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 220
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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