FLA. DEP'T OF REVENUE v. PICCADILLY CAFETERIAS, INC. (2008) - Ballotpedia

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FLA. DEP'T OF REVENUE v. PICCADILLY CAFETERIAS, INC.

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: March 26, 2008
Decided: June 16, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens

FLA. DEP'T OF REVENUE v. PICCADILLY CAFETERIAS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 2008. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 2008.

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 Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 554 U.S. 33
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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