BETTY E. VADEN v. DISCOVER BANK et al. (2009)

BETTY E. VADEN v. DISCOVER BANK et al.
	Term: 2008
Important Dates
	Argued: October 6, 2008
	Decided: March 9, 2009
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • John Roberts • John Paul Stevens

BETTY E. VADEN v. DISCOVER BANK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 2009. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 2008.

In a 5-4 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Consumer, consumer organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 556 U.S. 49
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.