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E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. et al. v. COLLINS et al. (1977)

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E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. et al. v. COLLINS et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1977
Decided: June 16, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. et al. v. COLLINS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1977. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1977.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 432 U.S. 46
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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