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THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER v. GREG KNOWLES (2013)

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THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER v. GREG KNOWLES
Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 2013
Decided: March 19, 2013
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER v. GREG KNOWLES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 2013. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 2013.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Arkansas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Investor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 568 U.S. 588
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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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