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CHAN et al. v. KOREAN AIR LINES, LTD. (1989)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
CHAN et al. v. KOREAN AIR LINES, LTD.
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1988
Decided: April 18, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

CHAN et al. v. KOREAN AIR LINES, LTD. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1989. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1988.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Airline
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 490 U.S. 122
  • 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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