CHARLES K. ELDER v. R. D. HOLLOWAY et al. (1994)

CHARLES K. ELDER v. R. D. HOLLOWAY et al.
	Term: 1993
Important Dates
	Argued: January 10, 1994
	Decided: February 23, 1994
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

CHARLES K. ELDER v. R. D. HOLLOWAY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1994. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1994.

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 Idaho 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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Idaho
Citation: 510 U.S. 510
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.