CELOTEX CORPORATION v. BENNIE EDWARDS ET UX. (1995) - Ballotpedia

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CELOTEX CORPORATION v. BENNIE EDWARDS ET UX.

Term: 1994
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1994
Decided: April 19, 1995
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

CELOTEX CORPORATION v. BENNIE EDWARDS ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1995. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1994.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 514 U.S. 300
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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