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CTS CORP. v. DYNAMICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1987
Decided: April 21, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CTS CORP. v. DYNAMICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1987.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Shareholders to whom a tender offer is made
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tender offer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 481 U.S. 69
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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