BUSINESS GUIDES, INC. v. CHROMATIC COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISES, INC. AND MICHAEL SHIPP (1991)

BUSINESS GUIDES, INC. v. CHROMATIC COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISES, INC. AND MICHAEL SHIPP
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: November 26, 1990
	Decided: February 26, 1991
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • Byron White
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

BUSINESS GUIDES, INC. v. CHROMATIC COMMUNICATIONS ENTERPRISES, INC. AND MICHAEL SHIPP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1991. The case was argued before the court on November 26, 1990.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 498 U.S. 533
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.