ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC. (2002) - Ballotpedia

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ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC.

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 2001
Decided: January 9, 2002
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 2002. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 2001.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Occupational Safety and Health Act
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Labor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 534 U.S. 235
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 liberal.

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External links

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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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