CEASAR WRIGHT v. UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORPORATION et al. (1998)

CEASAR WRIGHT v. UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORPORATION et al.
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: October 7, 1998
	Decided: November 16, 1998
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

CEASAR WRIGHT v. UNIVERSAL MARITIME SERVICE CORPORATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1998. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1998.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Arbitration (in the context of labor-management or employer-employee relations) (cf. arbitration)
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 525 U.S. 70
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: 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 liberal.