NORTHBROOK NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. LARRY W. BREWER et al. (1989)

NORTHBROOK NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. LARRY W. BREWER et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: October 4, 1989
	Decided: November 7, 1989
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

NORTHBROOK NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. LARRY W. BREWER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1989. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1989.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 493 U.S. 6
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.