Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Ward
1985 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Ward, 470 U.S. 869 (1985), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state cannot tax out-of-state insurance companies at a greater rate than domestic insurance companies under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution.[1]
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Quick Facts Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Ward, Argued October 31, 1984 Decided March 26, 1985 ...
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Ward | |
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Argued October 31, 1984 Decided March 26, 1985 | |
Full case name | Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Ward et al. |
Citations | 470 U.S. 869 (more) 105 S.Ct. 1676; 84 L. Ed. 2d 751; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 26; 53 U.S.L.W. 4399; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 80 |
Case history | |
Prior | 437 So.2d 535, Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama. 447 So.2d 142, Supreme Court of Alabama, cert denied. 466 U.S. 935, 104 S.Ct. 1905, 466 U.S. 935, US Supreme Court, probable jurisdiction noted. |
Subsequent | 479 So.2d 41, Supreme Court of Alabama, reversed and remanded 447 So.2d 142 in light of case. 479 So.2d 41, Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama, reversed and remanded 437 So.2d 535 in light of case. |
Holding | |
The promotion of domestic business within state was not legitimate state purpose, and encouraging investment of domestic assets and securities in discriminatory manner served no legitimate state purpose. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Stevens |
Dissent | O'Connor, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Rehnquist |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. Art. IV, § 2, cl. 1 |
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