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MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. JONES

Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1929
Decided: June 3, 1929
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. JONES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1929. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1929.

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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 279 U.S. 792
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Terry Sanford

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 conservative.

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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