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INSURANCE COMPANY v. STINSON (1881)

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INSURANCE COMPANY v. STINSON
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1880
Decided: April 4, 1881
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite

INSURANCE COMPANY v. STINSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1881. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1880.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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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: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 25
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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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