BUCKMAN COMPANY v. Plaintiffs' LEGAL COMMITTEE (2001)

BUCKMAN COMPANY v. Plaintiffs' LEGAL COMMITTEE
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 2000
	Decided: February 21, 2001
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Concurring
	John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

BUCKMAN COMPANY v. Plaintiffs' LEGAL COMMITTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 2001. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 2000.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 531 U.S. 341
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.