PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. v. BENJAMIN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER (1946) - Ballotpedia

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PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. v. BENJAMIN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: March 8, 1946
Decided: June 3, 1946
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
Hugo Black

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. v. BENJAMIN, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1946. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1946.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: South Carolina
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 328 U.S. 408
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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