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BG GROUP PLC v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA

Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 2013
Decided: March 5, 2014
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts

BG GROUP PLC v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 2014. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 2013.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Investor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Foreign nation or instrumentality
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 572 U.S. 25
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: Stephen Breyer

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

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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