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THAYER & ANOTHER v. LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA & OTHERS (1885)
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| THAYER & ANOTHER v. LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA & OTHERS |
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| Term: 1884 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: January 5, 1885 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Burnham Woods |
THAYER & ANOTHER v. LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA & OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1885.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 112 U.S. 717
- 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: John Marshall Harlan
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.
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