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BRIDGET HARDT v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (2010)

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BRIDGET HARDT v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 2010
Decided: May 24, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
John Paul Stevens

BRIDGET HARDT v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 2010. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 2010.

In a 9-0 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 Virginia Eastern 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: Female employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 560 U.S. 242
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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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