DENNIS BATES, et al. v. DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC (2005)
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| DENNIS BATES, et al. v. DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC |
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| Term: 2004 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 10, 2005 |
| Decided: April 27, 2005 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
| Concurring |
| Stephen Breyer |
| Dissenting |
| Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
DENNIS BATES, et al. v. DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 2005. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 2005.
In a 7-2 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 Texas Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Chemical company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 544 U.S. 431
- 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: John Paul Stevens
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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