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SOUTHERN SURETY COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA (1916)

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SOUTHERN SURETY COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Term: 1915
Important Dates
Decided: June 12, 1916
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SOUTHERN SURETY COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1916.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 241 U.S. 582
  • 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: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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