NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DEER LODGE COUNTY (1913) - Ballotpedia

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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DEER LODGE COUNTY

Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: November 11, 1913
Decided: December 15, 1913
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Willis Van Devanter

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DEER LODGE COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1913. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1913.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Montana
Citation: 231 U.S. 495
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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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