FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. ALCAN ALUMINIUM LTD. et al. (1990)

FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. ALCAN ALUMINIUM LTD. et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: November 1, 1989
	Decided: January 10, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA et al. v. ALCAN ALUMINIUM LTD. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1990. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1989.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern 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: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: California
Citation: 493 U.S. 331
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: Byron White

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.