FELDER v. CASEY et al. (1988)

FELDER v. CASEY et al.
	Term: 1987
Important Dates
	Argued: March 28, 1988
	Decided: June 22, 1988
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Byron White
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

FELDER v. CASEY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1988.

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 Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 487 U.S. 131
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: William Brennan

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.