NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WOODWORTH, ADMINISTRATOR (1884)

NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WOODWORTH, ADMINISTRATOR
	Term: 1883
Important Dates
	Argued: March 18, 1884
	Decided: March 31, 1884
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WOODWORTH, ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1884. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1884.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 111 U.S. 138
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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.