FOREMOST INSURANCE CO. et al. v. RICHARDSON et al. (1982) - Ballotpedia

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FOREMOST INSURANCE CO. et al. v. RICHARDSON et al.

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1982
Decided: June 23, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

FOREMOST INSURANCE CO. et al. v. RICHARDSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1982. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1982.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 457 U.S. 668
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

See also

External links

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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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