ALTRIA GROUP, INC., et al. v. STEPHANIE GOOD et al. (2008)

ALTRIA GROUP, INC., et al. v. STEPHANIE GOOD et al.
	Term: 2008
Important Dates
	Argued: October 6, 2008
	Decided: December 15, 2008
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

ALTRIA GROUP, INC., et al. v. STEPHANIE GOOD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 2008.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Drug manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 555 U.S. 70
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: John Paul Stevens

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 conservative.