BARBARA DOLAN v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al. (2006)

BARBARA DOLAN v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al.
	Term: 2005
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 2005
	Decided: February 22, 2006
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Clarence Thomas

BARBARA DOLAN v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 2006. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 2005.

In a 7-1 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 Pennsylvania Eastern 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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 546 U.S. 481
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: Anthony Kennedy

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.