PLEASANT TOWNSHIP v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (1891)

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PLEASANT TOWNSHIP v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Decided: January 19, 1891
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1891.

In a 9-0 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 Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Ohio
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 138 U.S. 67
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.

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