ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. BUELL (1987)

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. BUELL
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 1986
	Decided: March 24, 1987
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. BUELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1986.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 480 U.S. 557
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: 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 liberal.