CELOTEX CORP. v. CATRETT, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CATRETT (1986)

CELOTEX CORP. v. CATRETT, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CATRETT
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: April 1, 1986
	Decided: June 25, 1986
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist
Concurring
	Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Paul Stevens

CELOTEX CORP. v. CATRETT, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CATRETT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1986.

In a 5-4 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 District Of Columbia 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: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 477 U.S. 317
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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.