MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. HURNI PACKING COMPANY (1923)

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. HURNI PACKING COMPANY
	Term: 1923
Important Dates
	Argued: October 11, 1923
	Decided: November 12, 1923
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. HURNI PACKING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 1923. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa 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: 263 U.S. 167
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: George Sutherland

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.