CENTRAL GREEN CO. v. UNITED STATES (2001)

CENTRAL GREEN CO. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: October 30, 2000
	Decided: February 21, 2001
Outcome
	Reversed 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

CENTRAL GREEN CO. v. UNITED STATES 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 October 30, 2000.

In a 9-0 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 California Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 531 U.S. 425
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: John Paul Stevens

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.