SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. PREWITT, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF KENTUCKY (1906)

SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. PREWITT, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF KENTUCKY
	Term: 1905
Important Dates
	Argued: January 16, 1906
	Decided: February 19, 1906
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. PREWITT, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1906. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1906.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
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: Kentucky
Citation: 200 U.S. 446
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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 conservative.