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MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HILL (1904)

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MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HILL
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Argued: January 4, 1903
Decided: April 4, 1904
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaEdward Douglass White

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1904. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1903.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Washington.

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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: 193 U.S. 551
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.

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