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NATIONAL BANK v. INSURANCE COMPANY (November 7, 1881)

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NATIONAL BANK v. INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1881
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1881
Decided: November 7, 1881
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

NATIONAL BANK v. INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1881. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1881.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 104 U.S. 54
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Matthews

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 unspecifiable.

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