WHITFIELD v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD (1907)

WHITFIELD v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: April 12, 1907
	Decided: April 22, 1907
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

WHITFIELD v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1907. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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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: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 205 U.S. 489
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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.