WILLIAM WATERS v. THE MERCHANTS' LOUISVILLE INSURANCE COMPANY (1837) - Ballotpedia

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WILLIAM WATERS v. THE MERCHANTS' LOUISVILLE INSURANCE COMPANY

Term: 1837
Important Dates
Argued: February 4, 1837
Decided: February 14, 1837
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

WILLIAM WATERS v. THE MERCHANTS' LOUISVILLE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1837. The case was argued before the court on February 4, 1837.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 36 U.S. 213
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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: Joseph Story

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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