OLIVER AND DANIEL R. GARRISON, APPELLANTS, v. THE MEMPHIS INSURANCE COMPANY (1857)

OLIVER AND DANIEL R. GARRISON, APPELLANTS, v. THE MEMPHIS INSURANCE COMPANY
	Term: 1856
Important Dates
	Argued: February 6, 1857
	Decided: February 27, 1857
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

OLIVER AND DANIEL R. GARRISON, APPELLANTS, v. THE MEMPHIS INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1857. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1857.

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

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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: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 60 U.S. 312
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Archibald Campbell

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.