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DIETZ v. BOULDIN (2016)

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DIETZ v. BOULDIN
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 2016
Decided: June 9, 2016
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Clarence Thomas

DIETZ v. BOULDIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2016. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 2016.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Private person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 579 U.S. 40
  • 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.

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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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