Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. USA PETROLEUM CO. (1990)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. USA PETROLEUM CO.
Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1989
Decided: May 14, 1990
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanAnthony KennedyThurgood MarshallSandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin Scalia
Dissenting
John Paul StevensByron White

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. USA PETROLEUM CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1990. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1989.

In a 7-2 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 California Central U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Oil company, or natural gas producer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 495 U.S. 328
  • 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: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

Footnotes