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TITLE GUARANTY & SURETY COMPANY v. NICHOLS (1912)
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| TITLE GUARANTY & SURETY COMPANY v. NICHOLS |
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| Term: 1911 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 13, 1911 |
| Decided: April 8, 1912 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-1 |
| Majority |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| Joseph McKenna |
TITLE GUARANTY & SURETY COMPANY v. NICHOLS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1912. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1911.
In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona Territorial Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
- Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 224 U.S. 346
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Harmon Lurton
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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