UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. JOHN E. WARD (1999)

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. JOHN E. WARD
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1999
	Decided: April 20, 1999
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. JOHN E. WARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1999. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1999.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (cf. union trust funds)
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 526 U.S. 358
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.