CHARLES T. ROBINSON, SR. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY (1997)

CHARLES T. ROBINSON, SR. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1996
	Decided: February 18, 1997
Outcome
	Reversed
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

CHARLES T. ROBINSON, SR. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1997. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1996.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 519 U.S. 337
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: Clarence Thomas

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.