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FORNARIS v. RIDGE TOOL CO. et al. (1970)

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FORNARIS v. RIDGE TOOL CO. et al.
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Decided: November 23, 1970
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White

FORNARIS v. RIDGE TOOL CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1970.

In a 9-0 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 Puerto Rico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • Petitioner: Distributor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 400 U.S. 41
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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