PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY v. HAMILTON (1872)

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PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY v. HAMILTON
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1872
Decided: November 18, 1872
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Joseph BradleySalmon Portland ChaseDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford

PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY v. HAMILTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1872. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1872.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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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: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 81 U.S. 504
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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.

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