ANDERSON v. CREIGHTON et al. (1987)

ANDERSON v. CREIGHTON et al.
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: February 23, 1987
	Decided: June 25, 1987
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

ANDERSON v. CREIGHTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1987. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1987.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 483 U.S. 635
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.