CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (1980)

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1980
	Decided: April 22, 1980
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1980. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1980.

In a 9-0 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 New Jersey 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: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 446 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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.