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DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION v. DESKTOP DIRECT, INC.

Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1994
Decided: June 6, 1994
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION v. DESKTOP DIRECT, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 6, 1994. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1994.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 511 U.S. 863
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: David Souter

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.

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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