FMC CORPORATION v. CYNTHIA ANN HOLLIDAY (1990)

FMC CORPORATION v. CYNTHIA ANN HOLLIDAY
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: October 2, 1990
	Decided: November 27, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

FMC CORPORATION v. CYNTHIA ANN HOLLIDAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 2, 1990.

In a 7-1 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 Pennsylvania Western U.S. District 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: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 498 U.S. 52
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.