OSBORN et al. v. OZLIN et al. (1940)

OSBORN et al. v. OZLIN et al.
	Term: 1939
Important Dates
	Argued: March 27, 1940
	Decided: April 22, 1940
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts

OSBORN et al. v. OZLIN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1940. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1940.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 310 U.S. 53
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.