STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. v. DUEL, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE (1945)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. v. DUEL, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
	Term: 1944
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1945
	Decided: February 12, 1945
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Robert Jackson • Owen Josephus Roberts

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. v. DUEL, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 12, 1945. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1945.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 324 U.S. 154
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: William Douglas

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.