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THE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN BLAIR HOGE (1859)

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THE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN BLAIR HOGE
Term: 1858
Important Dates
Decided: January 10, 1859
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Peter Vivian Daniel

THE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN BLAIR HOGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1859.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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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: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 62 U.S. 35
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson

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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