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AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORP. v. HOEPER

Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 2013
Decided: January 27, 2014
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORP. v. HOEPER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 2014. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 2013.

In a 6-3 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 Colorado State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
Petitioner: Airline
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 571 U.S. 237
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sonia Sotomayor

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.

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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