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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al., PETITIONERS v. STANMORE CAWTHON COOPER (2012)

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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al., PETITIONERS v. STANMORE CAWTHON COOPER
Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 2011
Decided: March 28, 2012
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al., PETITIONERS v. STANMORE CAWTHON COOPER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 2012. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 2011.

In a 5-3 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Privacy - Privacy (cf. libel, comity: privacy)
  • Petitioner: Federal Aviation Agency or Administration
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Private person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 566 U.S. 284
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

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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