GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al. v. ROBERT K. JOINER ET UX. (1997)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al. v. ROBERT K. JOINER ET UX.
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: October 14, 1997
	Decided: December 15, 1997
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al. v. ROBERT K. JOINER ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1997. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1997.

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 Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 522 U.S. 136
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: 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 liberal.