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PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE-INSURANCE COMPANY v. EWING, ADMINISTRATOR (1876)

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PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE-INSURANCE COMPANY v. EWING, ADMINISTRATOR |
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Term: 1875 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 25, 1876 |
Decided: April 10, 1876 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE-INSURANCE COMPANY v. EWING, ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1876. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1876.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 92 U.S. 377
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller
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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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