COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. AVIALL SERVICES, INC. (2004)

COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. AVIALL SERVICES, INC.
	Term: 2004
Important Dates
	Argued: October 6, 2004
	Decided: December 13, 2004
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. AVIALL SERVICES, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 2004. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 2004.

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 Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 543 U.S. 157
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 conservative.