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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY et al. (2002)

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY et al.
Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 2002
Decided: May 28, 2002
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 2002. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
  • Petitioner: Federal Maritime Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: South Carolina
  • Citation: 535 U.S. 743
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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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