FLAGG BROS., INC., et al. v. BROOKS et al. (1978)

FLAGG BROS., INC., et al. v. BROOKS et al.
	Term: 1977
Important Dates
	Argued: January 18, 1978
	Decided: May 15, 1978
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

FLAGG BROS., INC., et al. v. BROOKS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1978. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1978.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 436 U.S. 149
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.