ATLANTIC SOUNDING CO., INC., et al. v. EDGAR L. TOWNSEND (2009)

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ATLANTIC SOUNDING CO., INC., et al. v. EDGAR L. TOWNSEND
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 2009
Decided: June 25, 2009
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia

ATLANTIC SOUNDING CO., INC., et al. v. EDGAR L. TOWNSEND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2009. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 2009.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 557 U.S. 404
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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