CHAPPELL et al. v. WALLACE et al. (1983)

CHAPPELL et al. v. WALLACE et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: April 26, 1983
	Decided: June 13, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CHAPPELL et al. v. WALLACE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1983. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1983.

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 Southern 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 462 U.S. 296
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: Warren Burger

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.