ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. v. BACHMANN (1932)

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. v. BACHMANN
	Term: 1931
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1932
	Decided: February 23, 1932
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	James Clark McReynolds

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. v. BACHMANN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1932. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1932.

In a 7-1 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 West Virginia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 285 U.S. 112
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.