GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST v. FALCON (1982)

GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST v. FALCON
	Term: 1981
Important Dates
	Argued: April 26, 1982
	Decided: June 14, 1982
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Warren Burger

GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST v. FALCON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1982. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1982.

In an 8-1 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 Texas 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: Racial or ethnic minority
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 457 U.S. 147
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: John Paul Stevens

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.