COLGROVE v. BATTIN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE (1973)

COLGROVE v. BATTIN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: January 17, 1973
	Decided: June 21, 1973
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart

COLGROVE v. BATTIN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1973. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1973.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 413 U.S. 149
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: William Brennan

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.