UNITED STATES v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (1961)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 1961
Decided: December 18, 1961
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 18, 1961. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1961.

In an 8-1 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 Michigan State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 368 U.S. 291
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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