ARONSON v. QUICK POINT PENCIL CO. (1979) - Ballotpedia

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ARONSON v. QUICK POINT PENCIL CO.

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1978
Decided: February 28, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun

ARONSON v. QUICK POINT PENCIL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1979. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1978.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern 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: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 440 U.S. 257
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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

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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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