DOLE FOOD COMPANY, et al. v. GERARDO DENNIS PATRICKSON et al. (2003)

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DOLE FOOD COMPANY, et al. v. GERARDO DENNIS PATRICKSON et al.
Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: January 22, 2003
Decided: April 22, 2003
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Ruth Bader GinsburgAnthony KennedyWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaDavid SouterJohn Paul StevensClarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen BreyerSandra Day O'Connor

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, et al. v. GERARDO DENNIS PATRICKSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 2003. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 2003.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Hawaii 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: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 538 U.S. 468
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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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