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UNITED STATES v. MOSCOW FIRE INSURANCE CO. (1940)

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UNITED STATES v. MOSCOW FIRE INSURANCE CO.
Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: February 1, 1940
Decided: December 12, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
3-3
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts

UNITED STATES v. MOSCOW FIRE INSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1940. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1940.

In a 3-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: -
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 309 U.S. 624
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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