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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, et al., PETITIONERS v. VANESSA SIMMONDS (2012)

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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, et al., PETITIONERS v. VANESSA SIMMONDS
Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: November 29, 2011
Decided: March 26, 2012
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, et al., PETITIONERS v. VANESSA SIMMONDS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 2012. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 2011.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
  • Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Investor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 566 U.S. 221
  • 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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