WILLIAM W. BIERCE, LIMITED, v. WATERHOUSE (1911)

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WILLIAM W. BIERCE, LIMITED, v. WATERHOUSE
Term: 1910
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1910
Decided: January 16, 1911
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Rufus DayJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesCharles Evans HughesHorace Harmon LurtonJoseph McKennaEdward Douglass White

WILLIAM W. BIERCE, LIMITED, v. WATERHOUSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1911. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1910.

In a 7-0 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 Hawaii Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 219 U.S. 320
  • 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: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Harmon Lurton

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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