MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL MEN'S ASSOCIATION v. BENN, EXECUTRIX OF BENN (1923) - Ballotpedia

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MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL MEN'S ASSOCIATION v. BENN, EXECUTRIX OF BENN

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1923
Decided: February 19, 1923
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL MEN'S ASSOCIATION v. BENN, EXECUTRIX OF BENN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1923. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1923.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 261 U.S. 140
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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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