CRAWFORD FITTING CO. et al. v. J. T. GIBBONS, INC. (1987)

CRAWFORD FITTING CO. et al. v. J. T. GIBBONS, INC.
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: April 29, 1987
	Decided: June 15, 1987
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

CRAWFORD FITTING CO. et al. v. J. T. GIBBONS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1987. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1987.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern 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: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 482 U.S. 437
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: William Rehnquist

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.