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BLOOMER v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (1980)

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BLOOMER v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1979
Decided: March 3, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
William BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul StevensPotter StewartByron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun

BLOOMER v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1980. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1979.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 445 U.S. 74
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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