COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION v. SCHOR et al. (1986)

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION v. SCHOR et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: April 29, 1986
	Decided: July 7, 1986
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION v. SCHOR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 7, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1986.

In a 7-2 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Investor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 478 U.S. 833
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.