BATEMAN EICHLER, HILL RICHARDS, INC. v. BERNER et al. (1985)
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| BATEMAN EICHLER, HILL RICHARDS, INC. v. BERNER et al. |
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| Term: 1984 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 15, 1985 |
| Decided: June 11, 1985 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Warren Burger |
BATEMAN EICHLER, HILL RICHARDS, INC. v. BERNER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1985. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1985.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
- Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Investor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 472 U.S. 299
- 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: 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 liberal.
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