Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Reserve Life Insurance v. Bowers

Rsrv. Life Ins. v. Bowers, 380 U.S. 258 (1965)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1965-03-15
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “In common usage, that term[persons] does not include the sovereign, and statutes employing it will ordinarily not be construed to do so.”

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Per Curiam.

The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, Ohio. Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander, 337 U. S. 562.

Mr. Justice Black dissents. Mr. Justice Stewart took no part in the decision of this case.