ESTEBAN ORTIZ, et al. v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, et al. (1999)

ESTEBAN ORTIZ, et al. v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, et al.
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1998
	Decided: June 23, 1999
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens

ESTEBAN ORTIZ, et al. v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1999. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1998.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 527 U.S. 815
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.