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SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. OCEAN INSURANCE COMPANY (1883)

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SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. OCEAN INSURANCE COMPANY |
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Term: 1882 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 6, 1882 |
Decided: January 22, 1883 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • William Burnham Woods |
Dissenting |
Joseph Bradley • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. OCEAN INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1883. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1882.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
- Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 107 U.S. 485
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Matthews
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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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