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BOEING CO. v. VAN GEMERT et al. (1980)

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BOEING CO. v. VAN GEMERT et al.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1979
Decided: February 19, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

BOEING CO. v. VAN GEMERT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1980. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 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: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: Airplane manufacturer, or manufacturer of parts of airplanes
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Investor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 444 U.S. 472
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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