BUCKEYE CHECK CASHING, INC. v. JOHN CARDEGNA et al. (2006)

BUCKEYE CHECK CASHING, INC. v. JOHN CARDEGNA et al.
	Term: 2005
Important Dates
	Argued: November 29, 2005
	Decided: February 21, 2006
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Clarence Thomas

BUCKEYE CHECK CASHING, INC. v. JOHN CARDEGNA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 2006. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 2005.

In a 7-1 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 Florida State Trial 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: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 546 U.S. 440
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: Antonin Scalia

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.