DANA ROBERTS, PETITIONER v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., et al. (2012)

DANA ROBERTS, PETITIONER v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., et al.
	Term: 2011
Important Dates
	Argued: January 11, 2012
	Decided: March 20, 2012
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg

DANA ROBERTS, PETITIONER v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 2012. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 2012.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 566 U.S. 93
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: Sonia Sotomayor

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.