COMPUCREDIT CORPORATION et al. v. WANDA GREENWOOD et al. (2012)

COMPUCREDIT CORPORATION et al. v. WANDA GREENWOOD et al.
	Term: 2011
Important Dates
	Argued: October 11, 2011
	Decided: January 10, 2012
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg

COMPUCREDIT CORPORATION et al. v. WANDA GREENWOOD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 2012. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 2011.

In an 8-1 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 Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Consumer, consumer organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 565 U.S. 95
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.